curator
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Definitions
noun
- A person who manages, administers or organizes a collection, either independently or employed by a museum, library, archive or zoo.
- One appointed to act as guardian of the estate of a person not legally competent to manage it, or of an absentee; a trustee.
- A member of a curatorium, a board for electing university professors, etc.
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Synonyms
conservatortutorregistraradministratorcommissionercustodianlibrarianconreceiverguardiandirectorconservationisttrusteeconservativeconservatismtory
Associated
herpetologyherbariumcuratorialpaleontologyethnologymomabiennalecuratedinvertebratezoologyentomologyvertebrate