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The definition of a curator is a person responsible for maintaining and managing a museum or a collection in a library.

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The person responsible for maintaining a collection of English china at an art museum is an example of a curator.

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noun

a person in charge of a museum, library, etc.
a guardian, as of a minor

Origin: ME curatour < L curator < curare: see curative

Related Forms:

curatorial adjective
curatorship noun

See curator in American Heritage Dictionary 4

cu·ra·tor

noun

One who manages or oversees, as the administrative director of a museum collection or a library.

Origin: Middle English curatour, legal guardian, from Old French curateur, from Latin cūrātor, overseer, from cūrātus, past participle of cūrāre, to take care of; see curative .

Related Forms:

curatorial cuˌra·toˈri·al (kyo͝orˌə-tôrˈē-əl, -tōrˈ-) adjective

curatorship cu·raˈtor·shipˌ noun

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