conservator

[ kuhn-sur-vuh-ter, kon-ser-vey- ]

noun

1. a person who conserves or preserves; preserver; protector.
2. a person who repairs, restores, or maintains the condition of objects, as paintings or sculptures in an art museum, or books in a library.
3. Law. a guardian; a custodian.
4. British. a person employed by a conservancy commission; a conservation worker.

conservator

/ ˈkɒnsəˌveɪtə; kənˈsɜːvə- /

noun

1. a person who conserves or keeps safe; custodian, guardian, or protector

Other Words From

• con·serv·a·to·ri·al [k, uh, n-sur-v, uh, -, tawr, -ee-, uh, l], adjective
• con·ser·va·tor·ship noun
• sub·con·ser·va·tor noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of conservator¹

First recorded in 1400–50; late Middle English, from Latin, equivalent to conservā(re) “to keep safe; preserve” + -tor agent suffix; conserve -tor

Example Sentences

Archivists, conservators and experts provide more context to screenings, answering audience questions and talking about how their own work intersects with the films.

From Washington Post

If they succeeded, the find could be transported to Edinburgh, where it could be safely picked apart by conservators in a lab at the National Museum.

From Popular-Science

When one loses the capacity to make decisions for oneself the court appoints a guardian, or conservator, to make those decisions.

From No Straight News

Wallet, the court-appointed lawyer, resigned as co-conservator in 2019, leaving Jamie Spears the sole conservator.

From Washington Post

In such cases, courts took basic freedoms from grown men and women and gave conservators sweeping power over their money and the smallest details of their lives.

From ProPublica

Later, a Riverside judge ruled that Mills would remain as the conservator of her estate.

From The Daily Beast

The Queen is looking for a new clock winder - sorry, 'horological conservator' - to manage her collection fo over 1,000 clocks.

From The Daily Beast

A judge ruled that Mills would remain as the conservator of her estate.

From The Daily Beast

Likewise, a legally appointed guardian or conservator of an insane inventor may apply for and obtain a patent in trust for him.

From Project Gutenberg

He thinks himself a great man because a great conservator of order.

From Project Gutenberg

It is easy to be a conservator of the discomforts of others; indeed, it is only our good qualities we find it irksome to conserve.

From Project Gutenberg

They were signed by father Fray Pedro de Muriel, by order of the judge conservator appointed to prevent the said visit.

From Project Gutenberg

The judge-conservator proclaimed the cause at an end, and sentenced his province to be suppressed.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• curator
• custodian
• restorer