curator
curator Lexical Profile
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• noun
A keeper or custodian of a museum, gallery, library, zoo, or other collection, responsible for acquiring, caring for, and exhibiting items.
"The museum curator spent months organizing the special exhibition of Renaissance paintings."
A person who selects, organizes, and presents content, products, or performers for an event, website, or digital platform.
"She works as a playlist curator for a major music streaming service."
Scottish A person appointed by law to act as the guardian or trustee of the estate of a minor, incapacitated person, or absentee.
"The court appointed a curator to manage the financial affairs of the minor until he reached adulthood."
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Word Origin & Etymology
Borrowed in Middle English from Anglo-Norman curatour and directly from Latin curator ('overseer, manager, guardian'), an agent noun from curare ('to take care of'), derived from cura ('care, concern').