curator
/kjʊəˈɹeɪtə(ɹ)/US/kjʊəˈɹeɪtɚ/
curator noun: a person who manages, administers or organizes a collection, either independently or employed by a museum, library, archive or zoo.
Noun
curator (plural curators)
- A person who manages, administers or organizes a collection, either independently or employed by a museum, library, archive or zoo.
- The Club became like town meetings for the entire New York art scene, attracting dealers, collectors, uptown curators like Alfred Barr, critics, and just about any other culturati who could wrangle their way in.1975, Tom Wolfe, The Painted Word
- Renowned curator Jacques Saunière staggered through the vaulted archway of the museum's Grand Gallery.2003, Dan Brown, The Da Vinci Code, Doubleday, →ISBN, page 3
- One appointed to act as guardian of the estate of a person not legally competent to manage it, or of an absentee; a trustee.
- A member of a curatorium, a board for electing university professors, etc.
- A person or entity who controls, manages, or oversees another.
- A groundsman who looks after a cricket field.
curator meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
curator in Hindi
- curator
- संग्रहाध्यक्ष saṅgrahādhyakṣ
curator in Tamil
- அருங்காட்சியகக் காப்பாளர், காப்பாட்சியர், பொறுப்பாளர், மேற்பார்வையாளர், காட்சிச்சாலையின் காப்பாட்சியாளர், சொத்துப் பாதுகாப்புக்குழுவின் உறுப்பினர்
curator in Marathi
- क्युरेटर, क्यूरेटर
curator in Urdu
- محافظ, نگہبان
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- curator in Bengali
- যাদুঘর, গ্যালারির রক্ষক ও পরিচালক
- curator in Telugu
- క్యూరేటర్, క్యురేటర్
- curator in Malayalam
- മ്യൂസിയം പരിപാലകൻ, ട്രസ്റ്റി, ചുമതല വഹിക്കുന്ന ആൾ, സൂപ്രണ്ട്
- curator in Kannada
- ಪರಿಪಾಲಕ
- curator in Punjabi
- ਪਰਬੰਧਕ parbandhak, ਵਿਵਸਥਾ ਕਰਨ ਵਾਲਾ vivsathā karan vālā, ਵਿਵਸਥਾਪਕ vivsathāpak
- curator in Gujarati
- વસ્તુપાલ vastupāl
- curator in Odia
- କ୍ଯ଼ୁରେଟର, କ୍ଯ଼ୁରେଟର୍
- curator in Nepali
- क्युरेटर, क्यूरेटर
- curator in Tagalog
- agsinop
- curator in Arabic
- منظم معارض
- curator in Thai
- ภัณฑารักษ์ pan-taa-rák
Examples of curator in a sentence
- The museum curator said that the sword originated from the Yamato period in Japan.
- The museum curator went to the shelf and pulled down an ancient metering device.
- The curators took preservative actions to maintain the ancient collection.
Forms of curator
| plural | curators |
|---|---|
| alternative form (obsolete) | curatour |
Origin of curator
From Latin cūrātor (“one who has care of a thing, a manager, guardian, trustee”), from cūrāre (“to take care of”), from cūra (“care, heed, attention, anxiety, grief”).
Words formed from curator
Words that rhyme with curator
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- alligator
- vibrator
- freighter
- terminator
- waiter
- crater
- gaiter
- incubator
- plater
- pulsator
- skater
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- cater
- collator
- creator
- dictator
- equator
- escalator
- greater
- later
- relator
- rotator
- collimator
- dilator
- excavator
- frater
- gator
- inflater
- locator
- narrator
- palpator
- saeter
- slater
- traitor
- viator
- awaiter
- baiter
- citator
- corrugator
- dater
- deflator
- dominator
- emasculator
- glossator
- gyrator
- hater
- hydrator
- legator
- levator
- mandator
- mater
- migrator
- negator
- nitrator
- plaiter
- procreator
- spectator
- tater
- titrator
- 'mater
Questions about curator
- What does curator mean?
- Curator means a person who manages, administers or organizes a collection, either independently or employed by a museum, library, archive or zoo.
- What is curator in Hindi?
- Curator in Hindi is संग्रहाध्यक्ष (saṅgrahādhyakṣ). See Curator meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is curator?
- Curator is a noun.
- How do you pronounce curator?
- Curator is pronounced /kjʊəˈɹeɪtə(ɹ)/ (UK).
- What is the plural of curator?
- The plural of curator is curators.
Words near curator in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: curator (page history and authors); संग्रहाध्यक्ष (Hindi) (page history and authors); curator (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); curator (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); curator (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); curator (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); curator (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); curator (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); curator (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); વસ્તુપાલ (Gujarati) (page history and authors); curator (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); curator (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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