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conservatorship

conservatorship noun: the legal status of a conservator, similar to guardianship or trusteeship.

Noun

conservatorship (countable and uncountable, plural conservatorships)

  1. The legal status of a conservator, similar to guardianship or trusteeship.
  2. The state of being under the control of a conservator.
    • However, the last few years of his life were primarily defined by his troubled family life—he is estranged from many of his relatives, at one point alleging that they tried to place him under a conservatorship[…]2022 November 6, Emma Garland, “Aaron Carter was the millennium’s bubblegum bad boy – and the victim of a rapacious music industry”, in The Guardian, →ISSN

Forms of conservatorship

pluralconservatorships

Origin of conservatorship

From conservator + -ship.

Questions about conservatorship

What does conservatorship mean?
Conservatorship means the legal status of a conservator, similar to guardianship or trusteeship.
What part of speech is conservatorship?
Conservatorship is a noun.
What is the plural of conservatorship?
The plural of conservatorship is conservatorships.

Words near conservatorship in the dictionary

  1. conservatorio
  2. conservatorios
  3. conservatorium
  4. conservatoriums
  5. conservators
  6. conservatorship
  7. conservatorships
  8. conservatory
  9. conservatorylike
  10. conservatour
  11. conservatours

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