17 May 2019
conservator
[kon-ser-vey-ter, kuh n-sur-vuh-]
noun
a person who conserves or preserves; preserver; protector.
a person who repairs, restores, or maintains the condition of objects, as paintings or sculptures in an art museum, or books in a library.
Law . a guardian; a custodian.
British . a person employed by the conservancy commission; a conservation worker.
Origin of conservator
1400–50; late Middle English; Latin, equivalent to conservā(re ) (see conserve) + -tor -tor
Related forms
con·serv·a·to·ri·al [kuh n-sur-v uh- tawr -ee- uh l, – tohr -] /kənˌsɜr vəˈtɔr i əl, -ˈtoʊr-/ ,
adjective
con·ser·va·tor·ship , noun
sub·con·ser·va·tor , noun
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Related Words for conservator
custodian, curator, keeper, guardian, protector
Examples from the Web for conservator
Contemporary Examples of conservator
Later, a Riverside judge ruled that Mills would remain as the conservator of her estate.
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Etta James’s Son Donto Says Addiction Was Part of Famed Singer’s Life
Christine Pelisek
November 15, 2012
A judge ruled that Mills would remain as the conservator of her estate.
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Etta James, Who Blazed Trail for Women in R&B, Dead at 73
Christine Pelisek
January 21, 2012
Historical Examples of conservator
Is God not only the Creator but the Conservator of all things?
The Theistic Conception of the World
B. F. (Benjamin Franklin) Cocker
There may be a question as to my being a conservative, but there is no doubt that I am a conservator.
Discourses of Keidansky
Bernard G. Richards
But even in the matter of elided consonants American is not always the conservator .
The American Language
Henry L. Mencken
I do not believe that the church is a conservator of civilization.
The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 6 (of 12)
Robert G. Ingersoll
The Conservator of orthodoxy is the Holy Ghost in a purified heart.
The Palm Tree Blessing
W. E. Shepard
Today’s quote
Problems are not the problem; coping is the problem.
– Virginia Satir
On this day
17 May – International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia (IDAHOBIT Day).
17 May 2000 – Thomas Blanton Jr and Bobby Frank Cherry, former Ku Klux Klan members, are arrested and charged with murder for the 1963 bombing of a church in Alabama which killed four girls. The two men were sentenced to life in prison.
17 May 2012 – Disco singer, Donna Summer dies from lung cancer. She was born on 31 December 1948.