Dictionary

curator en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /kjʊəˈɹeɪtɚ/ (Canada, General-American)
• [kjʊəˈɹæɪɾə(ɹ)] (Australia, New-Zealand)
• /kjʊəˈɹeɪtə(ɹ)/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• (Southern-England) audio
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• [kjʊəˈɹeɪɾɚ] (Canada, General-American)
• /kjʊəˈɹæɪtə(ɹ)/ (Australia, New-Zealand)

Etymology

From Latin cūrātor (“one who has care of a thing, a manager, guardian, trustee”), from cūrāre (“to take care of”), from cūra (“care, heed, attention, anxiety, grief”).

Meanings

1. A person who manages, administers or organizes a collection, either independently or employed by a museum, library, archive or zoo.
   • The Club became like town meetings for the entire New York art scene, attracting dealers, collectors, uptown curators like Alfred Barr, critics, and just about any other culturati who could wrangle their way in. 1975, Tom Wolfe, The Painted Word:
   • Renowned curator Jacques Saunière staggered through the vaulted archway of the museum's Grand Gallery. 2003, Dan Brown, The Da Vinci Code, Doubleday, →ISBN, page 3:
2. One appointed to act as guardian of the estate of a person not legally competent to manage it, or of an absentee; a trustee.
3. A member of a curatorium, a board for electing university professors, etc.
4. A person or entity who controls, manages, or oversees another.
5. A groundsman who looks after a cricket field.

Forms

Deriveds

biocurator · curatorium · curatorial · curatorship · curatress · curatory · curatrix · subcurator · cocurator

Relateds

keeper · curative · overseer · manager · curated · curate · cure · custodian

Translations (70)

hu kurátor (person who manages, administers or organizes a collection) · es conservador (person who manages, administers or organizes a collection) · sh upràvitelj (person who manages, administers or organizes a collection) · de Kurator (person who manages, administers or organizes a collection) · cs kurátor (person who manages, administers or organizes a collection) · crh kurator (person who manages, administers or organizes a collection) · de Vormunder (one appointed to act as guardian; trustee) · es comisariante (person who manages, administers or organizes a collection) · pa ਵਿਵਸਥਾ ਕਰਨ ਵਾਲਾ (person who manages, administers or organizes a collection) · nl conservatrice (person who manages, administers or organizes a collection) · de Kuratorin (member of a curatorium, a board for electing university professors, etc) · tl agsinop (person who manages, administers or organizes a collection) · de Vormundin (one appointed to act as guardian; trustee) · fr conservateur (person who manages, administers or organizes a collection) · sv curator (person who manages, administers or organizes a collection) · pl kuratorka (person who manages, administers or organizes a collection) · tr küratör (person who manages, administers or organizes a collection) · ru кура́тор (person who manages, administers or organizes a collection) · ro conservatoare (person who manages, administers or organizes a collection) · nl conservator (person who manages, administers or organizes a collection) · es curador (person who manages, administers or organizes a collection) · es comisario (person who manages, administers or organizes a collection) · de Vormündin (one appointed to act as guardian; trustee) · da kurator (person who manages, administers or organizes a collection) · he אוצר \ אוֹצֵר (person who manages, administers or organizes a collection) · de Vormund (one appointed to act as guardian; trustee) · de Treuhänderin (one appointed to act as guardian; trustee) · ko 큐레이터 (person who manages, administers or organizes a collection) · de Sachwalter (one appointed to act as guardian; trustee) · oc conservator (person who manages, administers or organizes a collection) · nb kurator (person who manages, administers or organizes a collection) · de Kuratorin (one appointed to act as guardian; trustee) · oc conservador (person who manages, administers or organizes a collection) · de Vormünderin (one appointed to act as guardian; trustee) · fi kuraattori (person who manages, administers or organizes a collection) · pt curador (person who manages, administers or organizes a collection) · ar منظم معارض (person who manages, administers or organizes a collection) · cmn 館長 /馆长 (person who manages, administers or organizes a collection) · ka კურატორი (person who manages, administers or organizes a collection) · nn kurator (person who manages, administers or organizes a collection) · de Vormünder (one appointed to act as guardian; trustee) · es curadora (person who manages, administers or organizes a collection) · he אוצרת \ אוֹצֶרֶת (person who manages, administers or organizes a collection) · ro intendentă (person who manages, administers or organizes a collection) · pa ਪਰਬੰਧਕ (person who manages, administers or organizes a collection) · pa ਵਿਵਸਥਾਪਕ (person who manages, administers or organizes a collection) · de Sachwalterin (one appointed to act as guardian; trustee) · es comisariador (person who manages, administers or organizes a collection) · oc curator (person who manages, administers or organizes a collection) · de Kuratorin (person who manages, administers or organizes a collection) · es recopilador (person who manages, administers or organizes a collection) · oc comisari (person who manages, administers or organizes a collection) · eo kuratorino (person who manages, administers or organizes a collection) · ja 学芸員 (person who manages, administers or organizes a collection) · sh упра̀витељ (person who manages, administers or organizes a collection) · mk кустос (person who manages, administers or organizes a collection) · fr conservatrice (person who manages, administers or organizes a collection) · de Museumskuratorin (person who manages, administers or organizes a collection) · de Kurator (member of a curatorium, a board for electing university professors, etc) · pt curadora (person who manages, administers or organizes a collection) · de Museumskurator (person who manages, administers or organizes a collection) · de Kurator (one appointed to act as guardian; trustee) · cmn 策展人 (person who manages, administers or organizes a collection) · de Treuhänder (one appointed to act as guardian; trustee) · ro conservator (person who manages, administers or organizes a collection) · ga coimeádaí (person who manages, administers or organizes a collection) · eo kuratoro (person who manages, administers or organizes a collection) · bg куратор (person who manages, administers or organizes a collection) · th ภัณฑารักษ์ (person who manages, administers or organizes a collection) · pl kurator (person who manages, administers or organizes a collection)