conservator

English

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Alternative forms

• conservatour (obsolete)

Etymology

From Latin conservator (“one who conserves”), agent noun from conservo (“I preserve”).

Noun

conservator (plural conservators)

1. One who conserves, preserves or protects something.
2. (law) A person appointed by a court to manage the affairs of another; similar to a guardian but with some powers of a trustee.
3. (Roman Catholicism) 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.
4. A professional who works on the conservation and restoration of objects, particularly artistic objects.

Translations

one who conserves, preserves or protects something

Bulgarian: защитник (bg) m., пазител (bg) m. Dutch: conservator (nl) m., bewaarder (nl) m.

Greek: συντηρητής (el) m., συντηρήτρια (el) f.

professional who works on the conservation and restoration of objects

Bulgarian: реставратор (bg) m. Dutch: restaurateur (nl) m.

Greek: συντηρητής (el) m., συντηρήτρια (el) f.

Related terms

• conservatee
• conservation
• conservative

Derived terms

• conservatorial
• conservatorship

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Dutch

Noun

conservator m. (plural conservators or conservatoren, diminutive conservatortje)

1. curator (of a museum or a library)

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Latin

Noun

cōnservātor (genitive cōnservātōris); m, third declension

1. a keeper, preserver, defender

Inflection

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	cōnservātor	cōnservātōrēs
genitive	cōnservātōris	cōnservātōrum
dative	cōnservātōrī	cōnservātōribus
accusative	cōnservātōrem	cōnservātōrēs
ablative	cōnservātōre	cōnservātōribus
vocative	cōnservātor	cōnservātōrēs

Verb

cōnservātor

1. second-person singular future passive imperative of cōnservō
2. third-person singular future passive imperative of cōnservō