conservator : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: conservator	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for conservator
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
conservator n the custodian of a collection (as a museum or library) Synonym(s): curator, conservator someone appointed by a court to assume responsibility for the interests of a minor or incompetent person
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Conservator \Con"serva`tor\ (?; 277), n. [L.: cf. F. conservateur.] 1. One who preserves from injury or violation; a protector; a preserver. The great Creator and Conservator* of the world. --Derham. 2. (Law) (a) An officer who has charge of preserving the public peace, as a justice or sheriff. (b) One who has an official charge of preserving the rights and privileges of a city, corporation, community, or estate. The lords of the secret council were likewise made conservators of the peace of the two kingdoms. --Clarendon. The conservator of the estate of an idiot. --Bouvier. {Conservators of the River Thames}, a board of commissioners instituted by Parliament to have the conservancy of the Thames.