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   curator

   /kjʊəˈreɪtə/

   noun

   • 1. a keeper or custodian of a museum or other collection: "the curator of drawings at the National Gallery"
   • ▪ a person who selects acts to perform at a music festival.

   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 (see cure). The current sense dates from the mid 17th century.

   Derivatives

   • 1. curatorship noun

   Scrabble Points: 9

   • C

     3

   • U

     1

   • R

     1

   • A

     1

   • T

     1

   • O

     1

   • R

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