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Conservator

//kənˈsɝ.və.tɚ// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    One who conserves, preserves or protects something.

    "2014, Paul Salopek, Blessed. Cursed. Claimed., National Geographic (December 2014)https://web.archive.org/web/20150212214621/http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2014/12/pilgrim-roads/salopek-text Chlouveraki, a tenacious archaeological conservator, has salvaged antiquities all over the Middle East."

  2. 2
    someone appointed by a court to assume responsibility for the interests of a minor or incompetent person wordnet
  3. 3
    A person appointed by a court to manage the affairs of another; similar to a guardian but with some powers of a trustee.

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

  4. 4
    the custodian of a collection (as a museum or library) wordnet
  5. 5
    An officer in charge of preserving the public peace, such as a justice or sheriff.
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  1. 6
    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.
  2. 7
    A professional who works on the conservation and restoration of objects, particularly artistic objects.

Etymology

From Middle English conservatour, from Anglo-Norman conservatour, from Latin cōnservātor (“one who conserves”), agent noun from cōnservō (“I preserve”).

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