conservator

== English == === Alternative forms === conservatour (obsolete) === Etymology === From Middle English conservatour, from Anglo-Norman conservatour, from Latin cōnservātor (“one who conserves”), agent noun from cōnservō (“to preserve”). === Pronunciation === (US) IPA(key): /kənˈsɝ.və.tɚ/, [kənˈsɝ.və.ɾɚ] === Noun === conservator (plural conservators) One who conserves, preserves or protects something. 2014, Paul Salopek, Blessed. Cursed. Claimed., National Geographic (December 2014)[1] Chlouveraki, a tenacious archaeological conservator, has salvaged antiquities all over the Middle East. (law) A person appointed by a court to manage the affairs of another; similar to a guardian but with some powers of a trustee. An officer in charge of preserving the public peace, such as a justice or sheriff. (Roman Catholicism) A judge delegated by the pope to defend certain privileged classes of persons from manifest or notorious injury or violence, without recourse to a judicial process. A professional who works on the conservation and restoration of objects, particularly artistic objects. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== conservatee conservation conservative ==== Translations ==== ==== Further reading ==== conservator on Wikipedia.Wikipedia == Dutch == === Etymology === From Middle Dutch conservateur, from Middle French conservateur, from Old French conservateur, from Latin cōnservātor. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˌkɔn.zɛrˈvaː.tɔr/ Hyphenation: con‧ser‧va‧tor Rhymes: -aːtɔr === Noun === conservator m (plural conservators or conservatoren, diminutive conservatortje n, feminine conservatrice) curator (of a museum or a library) == Latin == === Etymology === From cōnservō + -tor. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [kõː.sɛrˈwaː.tɔr] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [kon.serˈvaː.tor] === Noun === cōnservātor m (genitive cōnservātōris, feminine cōnservātrīx); third declension keeper, preserver, defender ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun. ==== Descendants ==== → Old French: conservateur Anglo-Norman: conservatour → English: conservator Middle French: conservateur → Middle Dutch: conservateur Dutch: conservator === Verb === cōnservātor second/third-person singular future passive imperative of cōnservō === References === “conservator”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “conservator”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers "conservator", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “conservator”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from French conservateur, from Latin cōnservātor. Equivalent to conserva +‎ -tor. === Adjective === conservator m or n (feminine singular conservatoare, masculine plural conservatori, feminine/neuter plural conservatoare) conservative ==== Declension ====