Meanings
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noun
A person who manages and organizes a collection in a museum, gallery, or library.
The museum curator arranged the paintings by historical period.
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Etymology
From Latin cūrātor (“one who has care of a thing, a manager, guardian, trustee”), from cūrāre (“to take care of”), from cūra (“care, heed, attention, anxiety, grief”).
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