conservator — meaning in English
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English meaning
- conservator noun A person who looks after and protects something.
- curator noun Someone who manages, organizes, and oversees a collection, such as at a museum, gallery, or archive.
- keeper noun Someone or something worth holding on to.
Senses
conservator is used for these senses in English:
- conservator One who conserves, preserves or protects something.
- curator A person who manages, administers or organizes a collection, either independently or employed by a museum, library, archive or zoo.
- keeper A person charged with guarding or caring for, storing, or maintaining something; a custodian, a guard; sometimes a gamekeeper.
conservator — full definition
- noun A person who looks after and protects something.
- noun (law) A person a court puts in charge of managing someone else's affairs, with some powers like a trustee.
- noun An official, such as a magistrate, responsible for keeping public order.
- noun (historical) A judge appointed by the Pope to protect certain groups of people from serious harm without going through the normal courts.
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