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curator.

manager, superintendent, supervisor, overseer; keeper; guardian (of minor/ward);

7 characters3 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

noun[kuːˈraː.tɔr]Classical-Latin[kuˈraː.tor]
  1. who pays heed about the state of an object, warden, overseer, watchman, lookout

    declension-3
  2. who procures an affair for somebody, agent, commissionary

    declension-3
  3. specifically, who procures patrimonial matters of one who has been deemed incapable to procure them himself

    declension-3
  4. the regulatory supervisor over a university

    Germany · New-Latin · declension-3
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷey- Proto-Indo-European *kʷeys-der. Proto-Italic *kʷoizā Latin cūra Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin cūrō Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -tor Latin cūrātor From cūrō + -tor.

verb[kuːˈraː.tɔr]Classical-Latin[kuˈraː.tor]
  1. second/third-person singular future passive imperative of cūrō

    form-of · future · imperative · passive · second-person · singular · third-person
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