curator

  • 21curator — cu|ra|tor [kjuˈreıtə US ər] n [Date: 1600 1700; : Latin; Origin: curare; CURE2] someone who is in charge of a ↑museum or ↑zoo ▪ He s Curator of Prints at the Metropolitan …

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  • 22curator — noun a keeper or custodian of a museum or other collection. Derivatives curatorial adjective curatorship noun Origin ME (denoting a pastor or a guardian of a minor): from OFr. curateur or, in later use, directly from L. curator, from curare (see… …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 23curator — noun (C) someone who is in charge of a museum: He s Curator of Prints at the Metropolitan …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 24curator — /kjuˈreɪtə / (say kyooh raytuh) noun 1. the person in charge of a museum, art collection, etc.; a custodian. 2. a manager; overseer; superintendent. 3. the person who brings together a number of performances of musical works, as for a festival. 4 …

  • 25curator — The person in charge of a museum, art gallery, or library. A guardian. The guardian, at common law, performs the office of both the tutor and the curator of the Roman civil law, the former of whom had charge of the maintenance and education of… …

    Ballentine's law dictionary

  • 26curator — n. a keeper or custodian of a museum or other collection. Derivatives: curatorial adj. curatorship n. Etymology: ME f. AF curatour (OF eur) or L curator (as CURATIVE) …

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  • 27curator ad litem — in Scottish procedure, a person appointed by the court to look after the interests of a minor or an adult who cannot look after his or her own interests – usually for a minor or a person incapax until a curator bonis can be appointed. Collins… …

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  • 28curator bonis — in Scots law, an administrator appointed by the court to look after the affairs of a person mentally or physically incapable of representing himself or herself. Collins dictionary of law. W. J. Stewart. 2001 …

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  • 29Curator rei publicae — Der curator rei publicae (c.r.p., lat. wörtlich etwa „derjenige, der sich um das Gemeinwohl kümmert“, auch curator civitatis, im Deutschen manchmal „Stadtkurator“) war ein außerordentlicher Amtsträger im Römischen Reich. Er wurde vom Kaiser… …

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  • 30Curator of the United States Senate — This article is part of the series: United States Senate …

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