curator ( Scotch ), curator

[Lat.. from curat us, pa. par. of curo to take care; Fr. cur ateur.] I. Ord Lang.: A person who has the care and superintendence of anything, as of a public library, a museum, a gallery of pictures, . IMG:content-1577.png:[graphic] ". the society shall much stand in need of a cur a tor of experiments."- Boyle: Works, vi. 147. II. Scots Law: 1. A trustee for the carrying out of any purpose. was transferred to seven cur a"The patronage tors."-Chambers: Encyclop . 2. A guardian; a person duly appointed to man (1) Crested cura ow : [CURASSOW.] (2) Red cura ow : Crax rubra . (3) Red - knobbed cura ow : Crax Yarrellii . *curate (1), *curat (1), *curats, *curiet, s . "His shield, his helmet, and his curats bare." Spenser: F. Q., VI. v. 8. of being curable; curablene .