different between custodian vs conservator

English

Etymology

From Medieval Latin *cust?di?nus (“the office of a cust?dia”), implied in cust?di?n?tus, from Latin cust?dia (“a keeping, watch, guard, prison”), from cust?s (“a keeper, watchman, guard”).

Noun

custodian (plural custodians)

1. A person entrusted with the custody or care of something or someone; a caretaker or keeper.

2. (US, Canada) a janitor; a cleaner

Derived terms

• custodianship

Related terms

• custodial
• custody

Translations

Further reading

• custodian in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• custodian in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• custodian at OneLook Dictionary Search

Spanish

Verb

custodian

1. Second-person plural (ustedes) present indicative form of custodiar.
2. Third-person plural (ellos, ellas, also used with ustedes^?) present indicative form of custodiar.

English

Alternative forms

• conservatour (obsolete)

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman conservatour, from Latin conservator (“one who conserves”), agent noun from conservo (“I preserve”).

Noun

conservator (plural conservators)

1. One who conserves, preserves or protects something.
   • 2014, Paul Salopek, Blessed. Cursed. Claimed., National Geographic (December 2014)[1]

     Chlouveraki, a tenacious archaeological conservator, has salvaged antiquities all over the Middle East.

   • 1726, William Derham, Physico-Theology

     the great Creator and Conservator of the world

2. (law) A person appointed by a court to manage the affairs of another; similar to a guardian but with some powers of a trustee.
   • 1839, John Bouvier, Law Dictionary

     The Governor [of Missouri] is […] the conservator of the peace

3. An officer in charge of preserving the public peace, such as a justice or sheriff.
4. (Roman Catholicism) A judge delegated by the pope to defend certain privileged classes of persons from manifest or notorious injury or violence, without recourse to a judicial process.
5. A professional who works on the conservation and restoration of objects, particularly artistic objects.

Derived terms

• conservatorial
• conservator of the peace
• conservatorship

Related terms

• conservatee
• conservation
• conservative

Translations

Further reading

• conservator on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch conservateur, from Middle French conservateur, from Old French conservateur, from Latin c?nserv?tor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k?n.z?r?va?.t?r/
• Hyphenation: con?ser?va?tor
• Rhymes: -a?t?r

Noun

conservator m (plural conservators or conservatoren, diminutive conservatortje n)

1. curator (of a museum or a library)

Latin

Etymology

From c?nserv? +? -tor.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /kon.ser?u?a?.tor/, [kõ?s??r?u?ä?t??r]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kon.ser?va.tor/, [k?ns?r?v??t??r]

Noun

c?nserv?tor m (genitive c?nserv?t?ris, feminine c?nserv?tr?x); third declension

1. a keeper, preserver, defender

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Descendants

• ? Old French: conservateur
  • Anglo-Norman: conservatour
    • ? English: conservator
  • Middle French: conservateur
    • ? Middle Dutch: conservateur
      • Dutch: conservator

Verb

c?nserv?tor

1. second-person singular future passive imperative of c?nserv?
2. third-person singular future passive imperative of c?nserv?

References

• conservator in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• conservator in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• conservator in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• conservator in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Romanian

Etymology

From French conservateur, from Latin conservator.

Adjective

conservator m or n (feminine singular conservatoare, masculine plural conservatori, feminine and neuter plural conservatoare)

1. conservative

Declension