conservator

English

Alternative forms

• conservatour (obsolete)

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl]  conservatour, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin conservator (“one who conserves”), agent noun from conservo (“I preserve”).

Noun

conservator (plural conservators)

1. One who conserves, preserves or protects something.
   • 2014, Paul Salopek, Blessed. Cursed. Claimed., National Geographic (December 2014)[1]

     Chlouveraki, a tenacious archaeological conservator, has salvaged antiquities all over the Middle East.

   • Derham

     the great Creator and Conservator of the world

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.
   • Clarendon

     The lords of the secret council were likewise made conservators of the peace of the two kingdoms.

   • Bouvier

     the conservator of the estate of an idiot

3. An officer in charge of preserving the public peace, such as a justice or sheriff.
4. (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.
5. A professional who works on the conservation and restoration of objects, particularly artistic objects.

Derived terms

• conservatorial
• conservator of the peace
• conservatorship

Related terms

• conservatee
• conservation
• conservative

Translations

one who conserves, preserves or protects something

• Bulgarian: защитник (bg) m (zaštitnik), пазител (bg) m (pazitel)
• Danish: konservator
• Dutch: conservator (nl) m, bewaarder (nl) m
• Greek: συντηρητής m (syntiritís), συντηρήτρια f (syntirítria)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Maori: kairaupī
• Romanian: conservator (ro) m
• Spanish: apoderado (es) m

professional who works on the conservation and restoration of objects

• Bulgarian: реставратор m (restavrator)
• Dutch: restaurateur (nl) m
• Greek: συντηρητής m (syntiritís), συντηρήτρια f (syntirítria)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Maori: kairaupī
• Romanian: conservator (ro) m, restaurator (ro) m

Further reading

• conservator on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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

1. curator (of a museum or a library)

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Latin

Etymology

From cōnservō +‎ -tor.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kon.serˈu̯aː.tor/, [kõːs̠ɛrˈu̯äːt̪ɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kon.serˈva.tor/, [konserˈväːt̪or]

Noun

cōnservātor m (genitive cōnservātōris); third declension

1. a keeper, preserver, defender

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	cōnservātor	cōnservātōrēs
Genitive	cōnservātōris	cōnservātōrum
Dative	cōnservātōrī	cōnservātōribus
Accusative	cōnservātōrem	cōnservātōrēs
Ablative	cōnservātōre	cōnservātōribus
Vocative	cōnservātor	cōnservātōrēs

Verb

(deprecated template usage) cōnservātor

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

References

• “conservator”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “conservator”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• conservator in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• conservator in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.