Conservator

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Conservator \Con"ser*va`tor\ (?; 277), n. [L.: cf. F.
     conservateur.]
     1. One who preserves from injury or violation; a protector; a
        preserver.
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              The great Creator and Conservator of the world.
                                                    --Derham.
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     2. (Law)
        (a) An officer who has charge of preserving the public
            peace, as a justice or sheriff.
        (b) One who has an official charge of preserving the
            rights and privileges of a city, corporation,
            community, or estate.
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                  The lords of the secret council were likewise
                  made conservators of the peace of the two
                  kingdoms.                         --Clarendon.
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                  The conservator of the estate of an idiot.
                                                    --Bouvier.
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     {Conservators of the River Thames}, a board of commissioners
        instituted by Parliament to have the conservancy of the
        Thames.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  conservator
       n 1: the custodian of a collection (as a museum or library) [syn:
             {curator}]
       2: someone appointed by a court to assume responsibility for
          the interests of a minor or incompetent person

From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:

  CONSERVATOR. A preserver, a protector.
       2. Before the institution of the office of justices of the peace in 
  England, the public order was maintained by officers who bore the name of 
  conservators of the peace. All judges, justices, sheriffs and constables, 
  are conservators of the peace, and are bound, ex officio, to be aiding and 
  assisting in preserving older. 
       3. In Connecticut, this term is applied to designate a guardian who has 
  the care of the estate of an idiot. 5 Conn. R. 280.