Conservator

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A person in charge of maintaining or restoring valuable items, as in a museum or library.
  • n. One that conserves or preserves from injury, violation, or infraction; a protector.
  • n. Law One that is responsible for the person and property of an incompetent.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. One who conserves, preserves or protects something.
  • n. A person appointed by a court to manage the affairs of another; similar to a guardian but with some powers of a trustee.
  • n. 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.
  • n. A professional who works on the conservation and restoration of objects, particularly artistic objects.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. One who preserves from injury or violation; a protector; a preserver.
  • n.
  • n. An officer who has charge of preserving the public peace, as a justice or sheriff.
  • n. One who has an official charge of preserving the rights and privileges of a city, corporation, community, or estate.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A preserver; one who or that which preserves from injury, violation, or infraction: as, a conservator of the peace. See phrases below.
  • n. Specifically — , A person appointed to superintend idiots, lunatics, etc., manage their property, and preserve it from waste.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. someone appointed by a court to assume responsibility for the interests of a minor or incompetent person
  • n. the custodian of a collection (as a museum or library)
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    fiduciary    steward    custodian    keeper   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    protector    preserver    custodian    guardian   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    laying-on    forces    sea-gull    executrix    bestower   
     
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