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conservator

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con·ser·va·tor  (kn-sûrv-tr, knsr-vtr)
n.
1. A person in charge of maintaining or restoring valuable items, as in a museum or library.
2. One that conserves or preserves from injury, violation, or infraction; a protector.
3. Law One that is responsible for the person and property of an incompetent.
con·serva·tori·al (-tôr-l, -tr-) adj.
con·serva·tor·ship n.
conservator [ˈkɒnsəˌveɪtə kənˈsɜːvə-]
n
a person who conserves or keeps safe; custodian, guardian, or protector
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.conservatorconservator - the custodian of a collection (as a museum or library)
curator
custodian, keeper, steward - one having charge of buildings or grounds or animals
2.conservator - someone appointed by a court to assume responsibility for the interests of a minor or incompetent person
fiduciary - a person who holds assets in trust for a beneficiary; "it is illegal for a fiduciary to misappropriate money for personal gain"
Translations
conservator [kənˈsɜːrvətər] n → restaurateur/euse m/f


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WE HAVE seen the necessity of the Union, as our bulwark against foreign danger, as the conservator of peace among ourselves, as the guardian of our commerce and other common interests, as the only substitute for those military establishments which have subverted the liberties of the Old World, and as the proper antidote for the diseases of faction, which have proved fatal to other popular governments, and of which alarming symptoms have been betrayed by our own.
Federalist Papers Authored by James Madison by Madison, James View in context
Which done, another of the attendants of the great person, which was with him in the same boat, after his lord had spoken a little to him, said aloud: 'My lord would have you know, that it is not of pride or greatness that he cometh out aboard your ship; but for that in your answer you declare that you have many sick amongst you, he was warned by the Conservator of Health of the city that he should keep a distance.
English Literature For Boys And Girls by Marshall, H.E. View in context
In the circle of the rankest tories that could be collected in England, Old or New, let a powerful and stimulating intellect, a man of great heart and mind, act on them, and very quickly these frozen conservators will yield to the friendly influence, these hopeless will begin to hope, these haters will begin to love, these immovable statues will begin to spin and revolve.
Essays, Second Series by Emerson, Ralph Waldo View in context
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