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curator

[kyoo-rey-ter, kyoor-ey-, kyoor-uh-ter]

noun

  1. the person in charge of a museum, art collection, etc.

  2. a person who selects content for presentation, as on a website.

  3. a manager; superintendent.

  4. Law.a guardian of a minor or any other person who is unable to care for their own affairs, especially with regard to their property.



curator

/ ˌkjʊərəˈtɔːrɪəl, kjʊəˈreɪtə /

noun

  1. the administrative head of a museum, art gallery, or similar institution

  2. law a guardian of a minor, mentally ill person, etc

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other Word Forms

  • curatorial adjective
  • curatorship noun
  • subcurator noun
  • subcuratorial adjective
  • subcuratorship noun
  • ˈٴǰˌ󾱱 noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of curator1

First recorded in 1325–75; from Latin, equivalent to ū() “to care for, attend to” ( cure ) + -tor -tor
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Word History and Origins

Origin of curator1

C14: from Latin: one who cares, from ū to care for, from ū care
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Example Sentences

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“But with the Oscars, you only have one crack at it — if something else got the momentum, there’s nothing you can do,” says Jason Lynch, curator at New York’s Paley Center for Media.

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Such depictions of war, the curators wrote in the exhibition catalogue, were tantamount to "military sabotage."

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Yonga was visiting the capital, Stockholm, and a friend suggested that she meet Michael Barrett, one of the curators of the National Museums of World Cultures in Sweden.

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Stephanie Edwards, a curator at the gallery, said it was "an exhibition for everyone, whether you have afro hair or not".

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Jazz saxophonist, hip-hop artist, curator and presenter Soweto Kinch will get the Proms under way as it visits Sunderland for the first time.

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