conservator

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16
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19
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11
Pronunciation
/kənˈsɝ.və.tɚ/(US)
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/kənˈsɝ.və.tɚ/(US) · [kənˈsɝ.və.ɾɚ](US)

Definition of conservator

5 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. One who conserves, preserves or protects something.
    “2014, Paul Salopek, Blessed. Cursed. Claimed., National Geographic (December 2014)https://web.archive.org/web/20150212214621/http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2014/12/pilgrim-roads/salopek-text Chlouveraki, a tenacious archaeological conservator, has salvaged antiquities all over the Middle East.”
    “the great Creator and Conservator of the world”
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noun

  1. One who conserves, preserves or protects something.
    “2014, Paul Salopek, Blessed. Cursed. Claimed., National Geographic (December 2014)https://web.archive.org/web/20150212214621/http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2014/12/pilgrim-roads/salopek-text Chlouveraki, a tenacious archaeological conservator, has salvaged antiquities all over the Middle East.”
    “the great Creator and Conservator of the world”
  2. A person appointed by a court to manage the affairs of another; similar to a guardian but with some powers of a trustee.
    “The lords of the secret council were likewise made conservators of the peace of the two kingdoms.”
    “The Governor [of Missouri] is […] the conservator of the peace”
  3. An officer in charge of preserving the public peace, such as a justice or sheriff.
  4. 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.
  5. A professional who works on the conservation and restoration of objects, particularly artistic objects.

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

Etymology

From Middle English conservatour, from Anglo-Norman conservatour, from Latin cōnservātor (“one who conserves”), agent noun from cōnservō (“to preserve”).

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