curator
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
From Latin curator (“‘one who has care of a thing, a manager, guardian, trustee’”) < curare (“‘to take care of’”) < cura (“‘care, heed, attention, anxiety, grief’”).
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curator (plural curators)
- A person who manages, administers or organizes a collection, either independently or employed by a museum, library, archive or zoo.
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administrator of a collection
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[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- curator in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- curator in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
