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Definition of Curator

1. Noun. The custodian of a collection (as a museum or library).

Definition of Curator

1. n. One who has the care and superintendence of anything, as of a museum; a custodian; a keeper.

Definition of Curator

1. Noun. A person who manages, administers or organizes a collection, either independently or employed by a museum, library, archive or zoo. ¹

2. Noun. One appointed to act as guardian of the estate of a person not legally competent to manage it, or of an absentee; a trustee. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Curator

1. a museum manager [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Curator

Literary usage of Curator

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History by American Museum of Natural History (1921)
"(As of December 31, 1021) DIRECTOR FREDERIC A. LUCAS, Sc.D. GEOLOGY AND INVERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY EDMUND OTIS HOVEY, Ph. D., curator CHESTER A. REEDS, ..."

2. A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities by William Smith (1859)
"Hut the curator did not act like a tutor : it can hardly be supposed that his consent was even necessary to the contract ; for the minor had full legal ..."

3. Italy and Her Invaders by Thomas Hodgkin (1895)
"The curator - seems to have exercised those curator. administrative and financial powers which we in England associate with the title of Mayor—perhaps ..."

4. The Institutes of Justinian: With English Introduction, Translation, and Notes by Thomas Collett Sandars (1853)
"The pupil or the person requiring a curator asked the surety whether he guaranteed the safety of the property, Fide A patron and a father, when tutors, ..."

5. Report by Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology (1880)
"By paid F. \V. Putnam, curator, by Vote of Trustees this day J.'i.OOO 00 By paid Draft of Dr. Earl Flint, in Nicaragua, by Vote of Trustees Nov. ..."

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