"curator" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /kjʊəˈɹeɪtə(ɹ)/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-curator.wav [Southern-England] Forms: curators [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪtə(ɹ) Etymology: From Latin cūrātor (“one who has care of a thing, a manager, guardian, trustee”), from cūrāre (“to take care of”), from cūra (“care, heed, attention, anxiety, grief”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|cūrātor||one who has care of a thing, a manager, guardian, trustee}} Latin cūrātor (“one who has care of a thing, a manager, guardian, trustee”), {{m|la|cūrō|cūrāre|to take care of}} cūrāre (“to take care of”), {{m|la|cūra||care, heed, attention, anxiety, grief}} cūra (“care, heed, attention, anxiety, grief”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} curator (plural curators)
  1. A person who manages, administers or organizes a collection, either independently or employed by a museum, library, archive or zoo. Categories (topical): Occupations Translations (person who manages, administers or organizes a collection): منظم معارض (Arabic), куратор (kurator) [masculine] (Bulgarian), 館長 (Chinese Mandarin), 馆长 (guǎnzhǎng) (Chinese Mandarin), 策展人 (cèzhǎnrén) (Chinese Mandarin), kurator (Crimean Tatar), kurátor [masculine] (Czech), conservator [masculine] (Dutch), conservatrice [feminine] (Dutch), kuratoro (Esperanto), kuratorino [feminine] (Esperanto), kuraattori (Finnish), conservateur [masculine] (French), conservatrice [feminine] (French), კურატორი (ḳuraṭori) (Georgian), Kurator [masculine] (German), Kuratorin [feminine] (German), Museumskurator [masculine] (German), Museumskuratorin [feminine] (German), אוצר \ אוֹצֵר (otsér) [masculine] (Hebrew), אוצרת \ אוֹצֶרֶת (otséret) (english: at a museum or archive) [feminine] (Hebrew), kurátor (Hungarian), coimeádaí [masculine] (Irish), 学芸員 (gakugeiin) (Japanese), 큐레이터 (kyureiteo) (Korean), кустос (kustos) [masculine] (Macedonian), kurator [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), kurator [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), conservator [masculine] (Occitan), conservador [masculine] (Occitan), curator [masculine] (Occitan), comisari [masculine] (Occitan), kurator [masculine] (Polish), kuratorka [feminine] (Polish), curador [masculine] (Portuguese), curadora [feminine] (Portuguese), ਪਰਬੰਧਕ (parbandhak) (Punjabi), ਵਿਵਸਥਾ ਕਰਨ ਵਾਲਾ (vivsathā karan vālā) (Punjabi), ਵਿਵਸਥਾਪਕ (vivsathāpak) [masculine] (Punjabi), conservator [masculine] (Romanian), conservatoare [feminine] (Romanian), intendentă [feminine] (Romanian), кура́тор (kurátor) [masculine] (Russian), управитељ [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), curador [masculine] (Spanish), curadora [feminine] (Spanish), comisario [masculine] (Spanish), conservador [masculine] (Spanish), agsinop (Tagalog), ภัณฑารักษ์ (Thai), küratör (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-curator-en-noun-LswU1sTb Disambiguation of Occupations: 34 27 16 23 Disambiguation of 'person who manages, administers or organizes a collection': 63 18 6 12
  2. One appointed to act as guardian of the estate of a person not legally competent to manage it, or of an absentee; a trustee. Translations (one appointed to act as guardian; trustee): Kurator [masculine] (German), Kuratorin [feminine] (German), Vormund [also, feminine, masculine] (German), Vormundin [feminine] (German), Vormündin [feminine] (German), Vormunder [masculine, obsolete] (German), Vormünder [masculine, obsolete] (German), Vormünderin [feminine, obsolete] (German), Sachwalter [masculine] (German), Sachwalterin [feminine] (German), Treuhänder [masculine] (German), Treuhänderin [feminine] (German)
    Sense id: en-curator-en-noun-mrCfIes7 Disambiguation of 'one appointed to act as guardian; trustee': 8 86 2 4
  3. A member of a curatorium, a board for electing university professors, etc. Translations (member of a curatorium, a board for electing university professors, etc): Kurator [masculine] (German), Kuratorin [feminine] (German)
    Sense id: en-curator-en-noun-9BxTOGQ3 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 24 20 42 14 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 25 23 38 14 Disambiguation of 'member of a curatorium, a board for electing university professors, etc': 5 2 92 2
  4. An individual or entity who controls, manages or oversees another. Categories (topical): People
    Sense id: en-curator-en-noun--1rFjhlO Disambiguation of People: 33 21 1 45
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: curatour [obsolete] Derived forms: biocurator, cocurator, curatorial, curatorium, curatorship, curatory, curatrix Related terms: curate, curated, curative, cure, custodian, keeper, manager, overseer

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      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "person who manages, administers or organizes a collection",
      "word": "agsinop"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "sense": "person who manages, administers or organizes a collection",
      "word": "ภัณฑารักษ์"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "person who manages, administers or organizes a collection",
      "word": "küratör"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "one appointed to act as guardian; trustee",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Kurator"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "one appointed to act as guardian; trustee",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Kuratorin"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "one appointed to act as guardian; trustee",
      "tags": [
        "also",
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Vormund"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "one appointed to act as guardian; trustee",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Vormundin"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "one appointed to act as guardian; trustee",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Vormündin"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "one appointed to act as guardian; trustee",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "obsolete"
      ],
      "word": "Vormunder"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "one appointed to act as guardian; trustee",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "obsolete"
      ],
      "word": "Vormünder"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "one appointed to act as guardian; trustee",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "obsolete"
      ],
      "word": "Vormünderin"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "one appointed to act as guardian; trustee",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Sachwalter"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "one appointed to act as guardian; trustee",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Sachwalterin"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "one appointed to act as guardian; trustee",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Treuhänder"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "one appointed to act as guardian; trustee",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Treuhänderin"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "member of a curatorium, a board for electing university professors, etc",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Kurator"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "member of a curatorium, a board for electing university professors, etc",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Kuratorin"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "curator"
  ],
  "word": "curator"
}

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