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A person who manages, administers or organizes a collection, either independently or employed by a museum, library, archive or zoo.
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Curator — • A person legally appointed to administer the property of another, who is unable to undertake its management himself, owing to age or physical incompetence, bodily or mental Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Curator Curator … Catholic encyclopedia
CURATOR — in Glossis S. Benedicti cap. de Magistr. φροντιςὴς καὶ λογιςτὴς, nomen erat Magistratus, cuius erat in civitatibus rebus venalibus pretia imponere, Curialibus praeesse, vectigalibus ac tributis persolvendis invigilare, ut est in Curatoris… … Hofmann J. Lexicon universale
curator — CURATÓR, curatori, s.m. Persoană care exercită drepturile şi execută obligaţiile decurgând din curatelă. – Din fr. curateur, lat. curator. Trimis de LauraGellner, 13.09.2007. Sursa: DEX 98 curatór s. m., pl. curatóri Trimis de siveco,… … Dicționar Român
curator — cu·ra·tor / kyu̇r ˌā tər, kyu̇ rā tər/ n [Latin, guardian, from curare to take care of] in the civil law of Louisiana: a person appointed by a court to care for the property of an absent person or to care for the person or property of someone… … Law dictionary
curator — (n.) mid 14c., from L. curator overseer, manager, guardian, agent noun from curatus, pp. of curare (see CURE (Cf. cure) (v.)). Originally of those put in charge of minors, lunatics, etc.; meaning officer in charge of a museum, library, etc. is… … Etymology dictionary
curator — [kyo͞o rāt′ər, kyoor′āt΄ər; kyoor′ət ər] n. [ME curatour < L curator < curare: see CURATIVE] 1. a person in charge of a museum, library, etc. 2. a guardian, as of a minor curatorial [kyoor΄ə tôr′ē əl] adj. curatorship n … English World dictionary
Curator — Cu*ra tor (k? r? t?r). n. [L., fr. curare to take care of, fr. cura care.] 1. One who has the care and superintendence of anything, as of a museum; a custodian; a keeper. [1913 Webster] 2. One appointed to act as guardian of the estate of a… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Curator — (lat.), 1) der Besorger einer Sache, Aufseher darüber; so: C. alvei et riparum, so v.w. Comes alvei et riparum; C. annonae, Aufseher über den Vorrath u. Preis von Getreide u. Öl; C. aquarum, so v.w. Consularis aquarum; C. calendarii, Einnehmer… … Pierer's Universal-Lexikon
Curātor — (lat.), s. Kurator. C. bonorum, Güterpfleger (s.d.); im frühern Konkursverfahren wurde auch der Konkursverwalter so genannt (s. Konkurs). C. massae, s. Konkurs und Konkursverwalter … Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon
Curator — Curātor, Curatorĭum (lat.), s. Kuratel … Kleines Konversations-Lexikon
Curator — Curator, S. Vormund … Grammatisch-kritisches Wörterbuch der Hochdeutschen Mundart
