Definition of curator
:one who has the care and superintendence of something;
especially
:one in charge of a museum, zoo, or other place of exhibit
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But no community develops without its business component, and Kenilworth was no exception, according to Kenilworth Historical Society curator Kyle Mathers.
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Several museum curators took PST: LA/LA as a rare opportunity to integrate Latin American and Latin-diaspora artworks.
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Franklin is a visiting artist and curator based in Portland, Oregon.
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Lorne Hammond, a curator at the museum, said Lennon's ticket to ride has a $5.2 million appraisal value.
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A budding 10-year-old paleontologist corrected an error pertaining to dinosaurs at London's Natural History Museum, eliciting an apology and words of thanks from the curators.
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Carolyn Atherton, Audubon's curator of birds, stated in a news release Tuesday (July 18) that only one of the many flamingo eggs laid this year at the zoo was fertile.
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Christina Gorsuch, curator of mammals at the Cincinnati Zoo, said.
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Organized by Sinead Vilbar, the museum's curator of Japanese art, the show offers an overview of a portion of the bequest of 55 examples of Japanese and Korean art that Gund left to the museum.
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Did You Know?
In a good-sized art museum, each curator is generally responsible for a single department or collection: European painting, Asian sculpture, Native American art, and so on. Curatorial duties include acquiring new artworks, caring for and repairing objects already owned, discovering frauds and counterfeits, lending artworks to other museums, and mounting exhibitions of everything from Greek sculpture to 20th-century clothing.
Origin and Etymology of curator
borrowed from Latin cūrātor "one who looks after, superintendent, guardian," from cūrāre "to watch over, attend" + -tor, agent suffix — more at 2cure
CURATOR Defined for English Language Learners
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Definition of curator for English Language Learners
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: a person who is in charge of the things in a museum, zoo, etc.
CURATOR Defined for Kids
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cu·ra·tor
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Definition of curator for Students
:a person in charge of a museum or zoo
Word Root of curator
The Latin word cūrāre, meaning “to care,” gives us the root cur. Words from the Latin cūrāre have something to do with giving care. A cure, something that heals sickness, is something that cares for someone's health. Anything accurate has been carefully measured or supplied so that it is free from mistakes. A curator is a person who cares for the things in a museum.
Law Dictionary
curator
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cu·ra·tor
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legal Definition of curator
in the civil law of Louisiana
:a person appointed by a court to care for the property of an absent person or to care for the person or property of someone mentally incapable of doing so — compare committee, conservator, guardian, interdict, tutor
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curatorship
nounOrigin and Etymology of curator
Latin, guardian, from curare to take care of
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