Conservator definition

kən-sûrvə-tər, kŏnsər-vātər
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A person in charge of maintaining or restoring valuable items, as in a museum or library.
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A protector or guardian.
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(law) One placed in charge of the property or personal affairs of an incompetent person.
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A protector, guardian, or custodian.
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A person whose work is the preservation, reconditioning, and restoration of works of art.
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The court-appointed custodian of the property or financial affairs of a person who is under the age of capacity or who has been declared legally incompetent. See also committee and guardian.
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In some states, the same as guardian.
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One who conserves, preserves or protects something.
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(law) A person appointed by a court to manage the affairs of another; similar to a guardian but with some powers of a trustee.
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An officer in charge of preserving the public peace, such as a justice or sheriff.
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(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.
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A professional who works on the conservation and restoration of objects, particularly artistic objects.
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Noun

Singular:
conservator
Plural:
conservators

Origin of conservator

Conservator Sentence Examples

  • Any chance of a paper conservator ever joining the team?

  • His services to his country are aptly epitomized in the epitaph on his ancient monument at Ringsted church which describes him as "Sclavorum dominator, patriae liberator et pacis conservator."

  • A horological conservator will advise on the care of clock cases.

  • You should not attempt to remove even tarnish from these yourself if you value them, but trust them to a specialist metals conservator.

  • A conservator will be able to carry out cleaning and give you advice on surface cleaning for architectural ironwork of all kinds.

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