curator
noun /kjʊəˈreɪtə(r)/
/ˈkjʊreɪtər/
- a person whose job is to be in charge of the objects or works of art in a museum or an art gallery, etc.Topics Artc1, Jobsc1Oxford Collocations DictionaryCurator is used after these nouns:
- art
- exhibit
- gallery
- …
- a person who uses their knowledge to select and present information or items such as pictures, video, music, etc. for people to use and enjoy, especially on the internet
- She is the founder and curator of a successful fashion website.
- We have a very big team of expert music curators who know everything about music that you can imagine.
Word Originlate 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.