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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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curatrix
English
Etymology
Latin curatrix, equivalent to curator +? -trix.
Noun
curatrix (plural curatrixes or curatrices)
- (dated) A female curator, guardian, or custodian.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Burrill to this entry?)
- (obsolete) A female who cures.
- the curatrix of diseases
Synonyms
- curatress
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