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Definition of Conservator
1. Noun. The custodian of a collection (as a museum or library).
Generic synonyms: Custodian, Keeper, Steward
Derivative terms: Curatorial, Curatorship
2. Noun. Someone appointed by a court to assume responsibility for the interests of a minor or incompetent person.
Definition of Conservator
1. n. One who preserves from injury or violation; a protector; a preserver.
Definition of Conservator
1. Noun. One who conserves, preserves or protects something. ¹
2. Noun. (legal) A person appointed by a court to manage the affairs of another; similar to a guardian but with some powers of a trustee. ¹
3. Noun. (Roman Catholicism) A judge delegated by the pope to defend certain privileged classes of persons from manifest or notorious injury or violence, without recourse to a judicial process. ¹
4. Noun. A professional who works on the conservation and restoration of objects, particularly artistic objects. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Conservator
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Conservator
Literary usage of Conservator
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Historical Development of the Poor Law in Connecticut by Edward Warren Capen (1905)
"In many respects a conservator is only the agent of the court, ... The court may
authorize a conservator to settle and adjust disputed or doubtful claims, ..."
2. Selections from the Prose and Poetry of Walt Whitman by Walt Whitman, Oscar Lovell Triggs (1898)
"ALFRED AUSTIN ON WW, The conservator, March, 1896, by William Sloane Kennedy.
... THE POET OF CONFLICT, The conservator, July, 1897, by James Walter Young. ..."
3. Juries and Jury Trials in Civil and Criminal Cases: Illinois by John Abraham MacNeil (1921)
"Appointment of conservator On any petition for the appointment of a conservator
of any person being filed, the court shall set said cause for hearing, ..."
4. The Days of James IIIJ. 1488-1513: Extracts from the Royal Letters, Polydore by George Gregory Smith (1890)
"Of the jurisdiction of the Scots conservator. Acts of Parl., ii., 244. It is
statute and ordained for the weal of merchants and for the great exorbitant ..."
5. Treaties and Tariffs Regulating the Trade Between Great Britain and Foreign by Edward Hertslet (1878)
"Appointment of Judge-conservator and Substitute for Seville by the King. ...
Nomination by the English of one of the Judges-conservator for Seville, ..."
6. A Practical Treatise on Sheriff Law: Containing the New Writs Under the New by George Atkinson (1839)
"conservator PACIS. UNDER this division of the Sheriff's duties, (it being of
little practical importance, seldom or never being called into action,) it is ..."
7. Reboisement in France: Or, Records of the Replanting of the Alps, the by John Croumbie Brown (1880)
"... conduct of the conservator of the Forests, who had taken up his residence at
Gap, while by a decree of the Emperor he was required to reside at Valence. ..."
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