curator

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  1. noun One who manages or oversees, as the administrative director of a museum collection or a library.

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  • Johanson, who attended Wednesday's preview, said a black box was designed to protect her, and a curator is assigned to assemble and dissemble her. —  Newsvine - Get Smarter Here
  • More like a curator, the Russian lays down a patchy variety of musical styles in the telling of Dante's —  Philly.com - Latest Videos
  • Frieze as she discusses her work as a curator, editor and writer. —  Canadian Art - Online
  • Dutton, an aesthetic philosopher best known as the curator of the Web site —  The New Yorker
  • If there is curation, the curator should be the one noted as making the choices. —  Daring Fireball
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  1. Middle English curatour, legal guardian, from Old French curateur, from Latin cūrātor, overseer, from cūrātus, past participle of cūrāre, to take care of; see curative.

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  1. = French curateur = Provencal Spanish Portuguese curador = Italian curatore, from Latin curator, one who has care of a thing, a manager, guardian, trustee, from curare, past participle curatus, take care of: see cure, v.
 

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