conservator
[kon-ser-vey-ter, kuh n-sur-vuh-]
- 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.
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Origin of conservator
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Examples from the Web for conservator
Contemporary Examples
Later, a Riverside judge ruled that Mills would remain as the conservator of her estate.
Etta James’s Son Donto Says Addiction Was Part of Famed Singer’s LifeChristine Pelisek
November 15, 2012
A judge ruled that Mills would remain as the conservator of her estate.
Historical Examples
Is God not only the Creator but the Conservator of all things?
The Theistic Conception of the WorldB. 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 KeidanskyBernard G. Richards
But even in the matter of elided consonants American is not always the conservator.
The American LanguageHenry 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 BlessingW. E. Shepard
conservator
- a person who conserves or keeps safe; custodian, guardian, or protector
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Word Origin and History for conservator
n.
c.1400, from Anglo-French conservatour, from Latin conservator "keeper, preserver, defender," agent noun of conservare (see conserve).
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