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Webster 1913 Edition

Conservator

Con′ser-vaˊtor

(?; 277)
,
Noun.
[L.: cf. F.
conservateur
.]
1.
One who preserves from injury or violation; a protector; a preserver.
The great Creator and
Conservator
of the world.
Derham.
2.
(Law)
(a)
An officer who has charge of preserving the public peace, as a justice or sheriff.
(b)
One who has an official charge of preserving the rights and privileges of a city, corporation, community, or estate.
The lords of the secret council were likewise made
conservators
of the peace of the two kingdoms.
Clarendon.
The
conservator
of the estate of an idiot.
Bouvier.
Conservators of the River Thames
,
a board of commissioners instituted by Parliament to have the conservancy of the Thames.

Webster 1828 Edition

Conservator

CONSERVATOR

,
Noun.
1.
A preserver; one who preserves from injury or violation. Appropriately, an officer who has the charge of preserving the public peace, as judges and sheriffs; also, an officer who has the charge of preserving the rights and privileges of a city, corporation or community, as in catholic universities. It is a word of extensive application.
2.
In Connecticut, a person appointed to superintend idiots, lunatics, &c., manage their property, and preserve it from waste.

Definition 2024

conservator

conservator

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Noun

conservator ‎(plural conservators)

  1. One who conserves, preserves or protects something.
    • 2014, Paul Salopek, Blessed. Cursed. Claimed., National Geographic (December 2014)
      Chlouveraki, a tenacious archaeological conservator, has salvaged antiquities all over the Middle East.
    • Derham
      the great Creator and Conservator of the world
  2. (law) A person appointed by a court to manage the affairs of another; similar to a guardian but with some powers of a trustee.
    • Clarendon
      The lords of the secret council were likewise made conservators of the peace of the two kingdoms.
    • Bouvier
      the conservator of the estate of an idiot
  3. An officer in charge of preserving the public peace, such as a justice or sheriff.
  4. (Roman Catholicism) 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.

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Pronunciation

Noun

conservator m ‎(plural conservators or conservatoren, diminutive conservatortje n)

  1. curator (of a museum or a library)

Latin

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /kon.serˈwaː.tor/, [kõː.sɛrˈwaː.tɔr]

Noun

cōnservātor m ‎(genitive cōnservātōris); third declension

  1. a keeper, preserver, defender

Inflection

Third declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative cōnservātor cōnservātōrēs
genitive cōnservātōris cōnservātōrum
dative cōnservātōrī cōnservātōribus
accusative cōnservātōrem cōnservātōrēs
ablative cōnservātōre cōnservātōribus
vocative cōnservātor cōnservātōrēs

Verb

cōnservātor

  1. second-person singular future passive imperative of cōnservō
  2. third-person singular future passive imperative of cōnservō

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Etymology

From Anglo-Norman conservatour, from Latin conservator ‎(“one who conserves”), agent noun from conservo ‎(“I preserve”).

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