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cu·ra·tor  (ky-rtr, kyr-tr)
n.
One who manages or oversees, as the administrative director of a museum collection or a library.

[Middle English curatour, legal guardian, from Old French curateur, from Latin crtor, overseer, from crtus, past participle of crre, to take care of; see curative.]

cura·tori·al (kyr-tôr-l, -tr-) adj.
cu·rator·ship n.

curator [kjʊəˈreɪtə]
n
1. the administrative head of a museum, art gallery, or similar institution
2. (Law) Law chiefly Scots a guardian of a minor, mentally ill person, etc.
[from Latin: one who cares, from cūrāre to care for, from cūra care]
curatorial  [ˌkjʊərəˈtɔːrɪəl] adj
curatorship  n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.curator - the custodian of a collection (as a museum or library)curator - the custodian of a collection (as a museum or library)
custodian, keeper, steward - one having charge of buildings or grounds or animals
Translations
curator [kjʊəˈreɪtəʳ] N [of museum] → director(a) m/f; [of museum department] → conservador(a) m/f

curator [kjʊˈreɪtər] n [museum, art gallery] → conservateur/trice d'un musée etc)m/f >

curator
n
(of museum etc)Kustos m
(Jur: = guardian) → Kurator m, → Vormund m

curator [kjʊəˈreɪtəʳ] ndirettore/trice (di museo )

curator
n curator [kjuəˈreitə]
a person in charge of a museum etc. kurator أمين متْحَف уредник kurátor museumsinspektør der Museumsdirektor έφορος μουσείου conservador kuraator سرپرست؛ متصدی intendentti conservateur/-trice אוֹצֵר संग्रहालयाध्यक्ष kustos gondnok, kurátor kurator safnstjóri conservatore, conservatrice 館長 (도서관, 박물관 등의) 관리자, 관장 direktorius, saugotojas (muzeja u.tml.) pārzinis/direktors kurator conservator kurator, konservator, museumsdirektør kustosz curador custode хранитель kurátor kustos kustos intendent หัวหน้าผู้ดูแลพิพิธภัณฑ์ müze müdürü (博物館或圖書館)館長 хранитель, доглядач مهتمم، محافظ người phụ trách bảo tàng


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