CONSERVATOR

conservator

(noun) someone appointed by a court to assume responsibility for the interests of a minor or incompetent person

curator, conservator

(noun) the custodian of a collection (as a museum or library)

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Noun

conservator (plural conservators)

One who conserves, preserves or protects something.

(legal) A person appointed by a court to manage the affairs of another; similar to a guardian but with some powers of a trustee.

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.

Source: Wiktionary

Con"ser*va`tor, n. Etym: [L.: cf. F. conservateur.]

1. One who preserves from injury or violation; a protector; a preserver. The great Creator and Conservator of the world. Derham.

2. (Law) (a) An officer who has charge of preserving the public peace, as a justice or sheriff. (b) One who has an official charge of preserving the rights and privileges of a city, corporation, community, or estate. The lords of the secret council were likewise made conservators of the peace of the two kingdoms. Clarendon. The conservator of the estate of an idiot. Bouvier. Conservators of the River Thames, a board of comissioners instituted by Parliament to have the conservancy of the Thames.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition