Definition of "conservator"

conservator

noun
plural conservators
1. One who conserves, preserves or protects something.
  Quotations
  Chlouveraki, a tenacious archaeological conservator, has salvaged antiquities all over the Middle East.
  2014, Paul Salopek, Blessed. Cursed. Claimed., National Geographic (December 2014)
  the great Creator and Conservator of the world
  1726, William Derham, Physico-Theology
2. (law) A person appointed by a court to manage the affairs of another; similar to a guardian but with some powers of a trustee.
  Quotations
  The lords of the secret council were likewise made conservators of the peace of the two kingdoms.
  1702–1704, Edward [Hyde, 1st] Earl of Clarendon, “(please specify |book=I to XVI)”, in The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England, Begun in the Year 1641. […], Oxford, Oxfordshire: Printed at the Theater, published 1707
  The Governor [of Missouri] is […] the conservator of the peace
  1839, John Bouvier, Law Dictionary
3. An officer in charge of preserving the public peace, such as a justice or sheriff.
4. (Roman Catholicism) A judge delegated by the pope to defend certain privileged classes of persons from manifest or notorious injury or violence, without recourse to a judicial process.
5. A professional who works on the conservation and restoration of objects, particularly artistic objects.