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curator (s) (noun), curators (pl)
1. The administrative head or manager who takes care of a museum, a gallery, a library, etc.: Each curator is expected to provide whatever is necessary to make sure that the things he or she is responsible for are safe and secure.
2. A trustee who is legally appointed to act as a guardian of an estate of someone who is not sufficiently competent to mange it: Gerald was chosen to be the curator of his elderly mother because she couldn't take care of herself or her property anymore.
3. Etymology: from Latin curare, "to care for".
Someone who has charge of an art gallery, library, museum, etc.
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A person who is an overseer, custodian, or a keeper of an art gallery, museum, etc.
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A person who is in charge of taking care of anything; such as, a manager.
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