Curator

Quick meaning: Curator is a noun meaning A person who manages, administers or organizes a collection, either independently or employed by a museum, library, archive or zoo.

Meaning

A person who manages, administers or organizes a collection, either independently or employed by a museum, library, archive or zoo.

More Meanings

1. One appointed to act as guardian of the estate of a person not legally competent to manage it, or of an absentee; a trustee.
2. A member of a curatorium, a board for electing university professors, etc.
3. A person or entity who controls, manages, or oversees another.
4. (cricket) A groundsman who looks after a cricket field.

Example Sentences

Renowned curator Jacques Saunière staggered through the vaulted archway of the museum's Grand Gallery.

The Club became like town meetings for the entire New York art scene, attracting dealers, collectors, uptown curators like Alfred Barr, critics, and just about any other culturati who could wrangle their way in.

Word Forms

• curators
• curatour

Synonyms for curator

Depending on context, synonyms include conservator.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include conservator, tutor, registrar, administrator, commissioner, custodian.

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