Definitions for curator

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curator cu·ra·tor

Spelling: [kyoo-rey-ter, kyoo r-ey- Curator is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 134 anagrams from letters in curator (acorrtu).

Definitions for curator

noun

1. the person in charge of a museum, art collection, etc.
2. a person who selects content for presentation, as on a website.
3. a manager; superintendent.
4. Law. a guardian of a minor, lunatic, or other incompetent, especially with regard to his or her property.

Origin of curator

1325-75; Latin, equivalent to cūrā(re) to care for, attend to (see cure) + -tor -tor; replacing Middle English curatour Anglo-French Latin as

Examples for curator

A Call To Action is, with Carter acting as curator and commentator, the public record and statement of that conference.

Every now and then he and the curator fell back on each other's company.

The curator had wanted the artists to produce work while they were in Europe in order to prove their talent to any skeptics.

Therefore, not only is he the curator of souls, but also the representative of the government.

The curator of his city sent him in chains to the proconsul.

Every six years must I pay an attorney to dispute and quarrel with the curator.

The whole collected by the curator at Aylestone, August, 1883.

“That was brought to us by a curator at the Museum of Modern Art in New York,” he explains.

To find out more, The Daily Beast spoke to curator Donald Albrecht.

Bringing pieces from the two collections together gives a fresh perspective to them, says Janet Bishop, an SFMOMA curator.