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curator
English
Alternative forms
- curatour (obsolete)
Etymology
From Latin c?r?tor (“one who has care of a thing, a manager, guardian, trustee”), from c?r?re (“to take care of”), from c?ra (“care, heed, attention, anxiety, grief”).
Noun
curator (plural curators)
- 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.
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
See also
- custodian
- keeper
- manager
- overseer
Further reading
- curator in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- curator in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin c?r?tor.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?ky?ra?.t?r/
- Hyphenation: cu?ra?tor
Noun
curator m (plural curatoren, diminutive curatortje n)
- curator, one who manages a collection
- curator, one who manages an estate
- liquidator appointed by a judge after bankruptcy
Derived terms
- curatorium
Latin
Alternative forms
- coer?tor
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ku??ra?.tor/, [ku???ä?t??r]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ku?ra.tor/, [ku????t??r]
Etymology 1
From c?r? +? -tor.
Noun
c?r?tor m (genitive c?r?t?ris); third declension
- who pays heed about the state of an object, warden, overseer, watchman, lookout
- who procures an affair for somebody, agent, commissionary
- specifically, who procures patrimonial matters of one who has been deemed incapable to procure them himself
- (New Latin, Germany) the regulatory supervisor over a university
Declension
Third-declension noun.
Descendants
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the main entry.
Verb
c?r?tor
- second/third-person singular future passive imperative of c?r?
References
- curator in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- curator in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- curator in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- curator in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- curator in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
Romanian
Etymology
From French curateur, from Latin curator.
Noun
curator m (plural curatori)
- curator
Declension
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champion
English
Etymology
From Middle English champioun, from Old French champion, from Medieval Latin campio (“combatant in a duel, champion”), from Frankish *kampij? (“fighter”), from Proto-West Germanic *kampij? (“combat soldier”), a derivative of Proto-West Germanic *kampijan (“to battle, to campaign”), itself a derivative of Proto-West Germanic *kamp (“battlefield, battle”), ultimately a borrowing in Proto-West-Germanic from Latin campus (“a field, a plain, a place of action”).
Pronunciation
- (General American, Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?t?æmpi?n/
Noun
champion (plural champions)
- An ongoing winner in a game or contest.
- Someone who is chosen to represent a group of people in a contest.
- Someone who fights for a cause or status.
- Synonym: paladin
- 2012, Sue Watling, ?Jim Rogers, Social Work in a Digital Society (page 34)
- Specific outcomes from this policy included the appointment of a Digital Champion to drive forward the efforts to get more of the excluded to be included.
- Someone who fights on another's behalf.
Hyponyms
- championess
Derived terms
- championess
Descendants
Translations
Adjective
champion (not comparable)
- (attributive) Acting as a champion; having defeated all one's competitors.
- (attributive) Excellent; beyond compare.
- (predicative, Ireland, Britain, dialect) Excellent; brilliant; superb; deserving of high praise.
Related terms
- championship
Translations
Verb
champion (third-person singular simple present champions, present participle championing, simple past and past participle championed)
- (transitive) To promote, advocate, or act as a champion for (a cause, etc.).
- (obsolete, transitive) To challenge.
Translations
References
- John A. Simpson and Edward S. C. Weiner, editors (1989) , “champion”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, ?ISBN
- champion in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- champion in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- champion at OneLook Dictionary Search
French
Etymology
From Old French champion, from Medieval Latin or Late Latin campi?, campi?nem (“champion, fighter”), from Frankish *kampij?, from Proto-Germanic *kampijô, based on Latin campus (“level ground”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /???.pj??/
Noun
champion m (plural champions)
- champion
Derived terms
- champion du monde
- championnat
- championner
Related terms
- champ
Descendants
- ? Czech: šampión
- ? Slovak: šampión
- ? Turkish: ?ampiyon
Further reading
- “champion” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Middle English
Noun
champion
- Alternative form of champioun
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