conservator
English
editAlternative forms
edit- conservatour (obsolete)
Etymology
editFrom Middle English conservatour, from Anglo-Norman conservatour, from Latin cōnservātor (“one who conserves”), agent noun from cōnservō (“I preserve”).
Pronunciation
edit- (US) IPA(key): /kənˈsɝ.və.tɚ/, [kənˈsɝ.və.ɾɚ]
Audio (General American): (file)
Noun
editconservator (plural conservators)
- One who conserves, preserves or protects something.
- 2014, Paul Salopek, Blessed. Cursed. Claimed., National Geographic (December 2014)[1]
- Chlouveraki, a tenacious archaeological conservator, has salvaged antiquities all over the Middle East.
- 1726, William Derham, Physico-Theology:
- the great Creator and Conservator of the world
- 2014, Paul Salopek, Blessed. Cursed. Claimed., National Geographic (December 2014)[1]
- (law) A person appointed by a court to manage the affairs of another; similar to a guardian but with some powers of a trustee.
- 1702–1704, Edward [Hyde, 1st] Earl of Clarendon, “(please specify |book=I to XVI)”, in The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England, Begun in the Year 1641. […], Oxford, Oxfordshire: Printed at the Theater, published 1707, →OCLC:
- The lords of the secret council were likewise made conservators of the peace of the two kingdoms.
- 1839, John Bouvier, Law Dictionary:
- The Governor [of Missouri] is […] the conservator of the peace
- An officer in charge of preserving the public peace, such as a justice or sheriff.
- (Roman Catholicism) A judge delegated by the pope to defend certain privileged classes of persons from manifest or notorious injury or violence, without recourse to a judicial process.
- A professional who works on the conservation and restoration of objects, particularly artistic objects.
Derived terms
editRelated terms
editTranslations
editone who conserves, preserves or protects something
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professional who works on the conservation and restoration of objects
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Further reading
edit- conservator on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Dutch
editEtymology
editFrom Middle Dutch conservateur, from Middle French conservateur, from Old French conservateur, from Latin cōnservātor.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editconservator m (plural conservators or conservatoren, diminutive conservatortje n, feminine conservatrice)
- curator (of a museum or a library)
Latin
editEtymology
editPronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /kon.serˈu̯aː.tor/, [kõːs̠ɛrˈu̯äːt̪ɔr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /kon.serˈva.tor/, [konserˈväːt̪or]
Noun
editcōnservātor m (genitive cōnservātōris, feminine cōnservātrīx); third declension
Declension
editThird-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative | cōnservātor | cōnservātōrēs |
Genitive | cōnservātōris | cōnservātōrum |
Dative | cōnservātōrī | cōnservātōribus |
Accusative | cōnservātōrem | cōnservātōrēs |
Ablative | cōnservātōre | cōnservātōribus |
Vocative | cōnservātor | cōnservātōrēs |
Descendants
edit- → Old French: conservateur
- Anglo-Norman: conservatour
- → English: conservator
- Middle French: conservateur
- → Middle Dutch: conservateur
- Dutch: conservator
- → Middle Dutch: conservateur
- Anglo-Norman: conservatour
Verb
editcōnservātor
References
edit- “conservator”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “conservator”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- conservator in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- conservator in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Romanian
editEtymology
editBorrowed from French conservateur, from Latin cōnservātor. Equivalent to conserva + -tor.
Adjective
editconservator m or n (feminine singular conservatoare, masculine plural conservatori, feminine and neuter plural conservatoare)
Declension
editDeclension of conservator
singular | plural | ||||||
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masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
nominative/ accusative |
indefinite | conservator | conservatoare | conservatori | conservatoare | ||
definite | conservatorul | conservatoarea | conservatorii | conservatoarele | |||
genitive/ dative |
indefinite | conservator | conservatoare | conservatori | conservatoare | ||
definite | conservatorului | conservatoarei | conservatorilor | conservatoarelor |
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