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curator
[kyoo-rey-ter, kyoor-ey-, kyoor-uh-ter]
noun
the person in charge of a museum, art collection, etc.
a person who selects content for presentation, as on a website.
a manager; superintendent.
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
the administrative head of a museum, art gallery, or similar institution
law a guardian of a minor, mentally ill person, etc
Other Word Forms
- curatorial adjective
- curatorship noun
- subcurator noun
- subcuratorial adjective
- subcuratorship noun
- ˈٴǰˌ noun
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of curator1
Example Sentences
“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.
Such depictions of war, the curators wrote in the exhibition catalogue, were tantamount to "military sabotage."
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.
Stephanie Edwards, a curator at the gallery, said it was "an exhibition for everyone, whether you have afro hair or not".
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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