English Explanatory Dictionary

curator

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A person who manages, administers or organizes a collection, either independently or employed by a museum, library, archive or zoo.
  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.
  3. A member of a curatorium, a board for electing university professors, etc.
  4. A person or entity who controls, manages, or oversees another.
  5. A groundsman who looks after a cricket field.

Pronunciation

/kjʊəˈɹeɪtə(ɹ)/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-curator.wav

Word forms

curator curators curatour

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”).

Related words

curate curated curative cure custodian keeper manager overseer

Derived words

biocurator cocurator curatorial curatorium curatorship curatory curatress curatrix subcurator
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