curator
Meanings
Plural: curators
Noun
- the custodian of a collection (as a museum or library)
- A person who manages, administers or organizes a collection, either independently or employed by a museum, library, archive or zoo.
- One appointed to act as guardian of the estate of a person not legally competent to manage it, or of an absentee; a trustee.
- A member of a curatorium, a board for electing university professors, etc.
- A person or entity who controls, manages, or oversees another.
- A groundsman who looks after a cricket field.
Origin / 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”).
Synonyms
Scrabble Score: 9
curator is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL wordcurator is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
curator is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 11
curator is a valid Words With Friends word