conservator
Noun
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Noun
conservator (plural conservators)
- One who conserves, preserves or protects something.
- 2014, Paul Salopek, Blessed. Cursed. Claimed., National Geographic (December 2014)
- Chlouveraki, a tenacious archaeological conservator, has salvaged antiquities all over the Middle East.
- the great Creator and Conservator of the world
- 2014, Paul Salopek, Blessed. Cursed. Claimed., National Geographic (December 2014)
- (legal) A person appointed by a court to manage the affairs of another; similar to a guardian but with some powers of a trustee.
- The lords of the secret council were likewise made conservators of the peace of the two kingdoms.
- the conservator of the estate of an idiot
- 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.
- Spanish: apoderado
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