Library / English Dictionary

CURATOR

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The custodian of a collection (as a museum or library)

Synonyms:

conservator; curator

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("curator" is a kind of...):

custodian; keeper; steward (one having charge of buildings or grounds or animals)

Derivation:

curatorial (of or relating to a curator or the duties of a curator)

curatorship (the position of curator)

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