Dictionary

conservator en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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• /kənˈsɝ.və.tɚ/ (US)
• [kənˈsɝ.və.ɾɚ] (US)

Etymology

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

Meanings

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.
   • the great Creator and Conservator of the world 1726, William Derham, Physico-Theology:
2. 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. 1702–1704, Edward [Hyde, 1st] Earl of Clarendon, (please specify |book=I to XVI), in The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England, Begun in the Year 1641. […], Oxford, Oxfordshire: Printed at the [Sheldonian] Theater:
   • The Governor [of Missouri] is […] the conservator of the peace 1839, John Bouvier, Law Dictionary:
3. An officer in charge of preserving the public peace, such as a justice or sheriff.
4. 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.

Forms

Deriveds

conservatorial · subconservator · conservator of the peace · conservatorship

Relateds

conservation · conservatee · conservative

Translations (36)

ro restaurator (professional who works on the conservation and restoration of objects) · ro conservatoare (one who conserves, preserves or protects something) · ro conservator (professional who works on the conservation and restoration of objects) · bg реставратор (professional who works on the conservation and restoration of objects) · pl restaurator (professional who works on the conservation and restoration of objects) · tr konservatör (professional who works on the conservation and restoration of objects) · bg защитник (one who conserves, preserves or protects something) · da konservator (one who conserves, preserves or protects something) · es apoderada (one who conserves, preserves or protects something) · nl conservator (one who conserves, preserves or protects something) · el συντηρήτρια (professional who works on the conservation and restoration of objects) · bg реставраторка (professional who works on the conservation and restoration of objects) · nl bewaarder (one who conserves, preserves or protects something) · pl restauratorka (professional who works on the conservation and restoration of objects) · el συντηρήτρια (one who conserves, preserves or protects something) · pl konserwator (one who conserves, preserves or protects something) · ro conservator (one who conserves, preserves or protects something) · el συντηρητής (professional who works on the conservation and restoration of objects) · nl bewaardster (one who conserves, preserves or protects something) · ro restauratoare (professional who works on the conservation and restoration of objects) · pl konserwatorka (one who conserves, preserves or protects something) · id konservator (professional who works on the conservation and restoration of objects) · mi kairokiroki (professional who works on the conservation and restoration of objects) · es apoderado (one who conserves, preserves or protects something) · nl restauratrice (professional who works on the conservation and restoration of objects) · mi kairokiroki (one who conserves, preserves or protects something) · mi kairaupī (professional who works on the conservation and restoration of objects) · pl konserwator (professional who works on the conservation and restoration of objects) · nl restaurateur (professional who works on the conservation and restoration of objects) · mi kairaupī (one who conserves, preserves or protects something) · ro conservatoare (professional who works on the conservation and restoration of objects) · tr restoratör (professional who works on the conservation and restoration of objects) · el συντηρητής (one who conserves, preserves or protects something) · nl conservatrice (one who conserves, preserves or protects something) · bg пазител (one who conserves, preserves or protects something) · pl konserwatorka (professional who works on the conservation and restoration of objects)