Curator

4 definitions found

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

  Curator \Cu*ra"tor\ (k?-r?"t?r). n. [L., fr. curare to take care
     of, fr. cura care.]
     1. One who has the care and superintendence of anything, as
        of a museum; a custodian; a keeper.
        [1913 Webster]
  


     2. 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 guardian.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  curator
       n : the custodian of a collection (as a museum or library) [syn:
            {conservator}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  105 Moby Thesaurus words for "curator":
     MC, accountant, air warden, attendant, attorney, auditor, bailiff,
     bibliognost, bibliographer, biblioklept, bibliolater, bibliomane,
     bibliomaniac, bibliopegist, bibliophage, bibliophile, bibliopole,
     bibliopolist, bibliotaph, bibliothec, bibliothecaire,
     bibliothecary, book agent, book collector, book printer,
     book publisher, book salesman, book-stealer, bookbinder,
     bookdealer, bookkeeper, booklover, bookmaker, bookman, bookseller,
     bookworm, bursar, butler, caretaker, cashier, cashkeeper,
     castellan, cataloger, chamberlain, chief librarian, college editor,
     comptroller, conservator, controller, copy editor, croupier,
     custodian, depositary, depository, dictionary editor, editor,
     editor-in-chief, emcee, executive editor, factor,
     financial officer, forest ranger, game warden, gamekeeper,
     governor, guardian, guardian angel, housekeeper, janitor,
     juvenile editor, keeper, landreeve, librarian, library director,
     lifeguard, lifesaver, liquidator, majordomo, managing editor,
     master of ceremonies, next friend, paymaster, permissions editor,
     philobiblist, printer, prochein ami, proctor, procurator,
     production editor, publisher, purse bearer, purser, ranger,
     receiver, reference editor, reference librarian, seneschal,
     shepherd, steward, textbook editor, trade editor, treasurer,
     trustee, warden, warder
  
  

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

  CURATOR, persons, contracts. One who has been legally appointed to take care 
  of the interests of one who, on account of his youth, or defect of his 
  understanding, or for some other cause, is unable to attend to them himself. 
       2. There are curators ad bona, of property, who administer the estate 
  of a minor, take care of his person, and intervene in all his contracts; 
  curators ad litem, of suits, who assist the minor in courts of justice, and 
  act as curator ad bona in cases where the interests of the curator are 
  opposed to the interests of the minor. Civ. Code of Louis. art. 357 to 366. 
  There are also curators of insane persons Id. art. 31; and of vacant 
  successions and absent heirs. Id. art. 1105 to 1125. 
       3. The term curator is usually employed in the civil law, for that of 
  guardian.