/ kjʊəˈreɪtə(r); NAmE kjʊˈr-/ noun
a person whose job is to be in charge of the objects or works of art in a museum or art gallery , etc.
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WORD ORIGIN
late Middle English (denoting an ecclesiastical pastor, also (still a Scots legal term) the guardian of a minor): from Old French curateur or, in later use, directly from Latin curator , from curare take care of, from cura care. The current sense dates from the mid 17th cent.