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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 con·ser·va·tor /kənˈsɝvətɚ/
 保護者,管理員,管理委員

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Con·ser·va·tor n.
 1. One who preserves from injury or violation; a protector; a preserver.
    The great Creator and Conservator of the world.   --Derham.
 2. Law (a) An officer who has charge of preserving the public peace, as a justice or sheriff. (b) One who has an official charge of preserving the rights and privileges of a city, corporation, community, or estate.
    The lords of the secret council were likewise made conservators of the peace of the two kingdoms.   --Clarendon.
    The conservator of the estate of an idiot.   --Bouvier.
 Conservators of the River Thames, a board of commissioners instituted by Parliament to have the conservancy of the Thames.
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 conservator
      n 1: the custodian of a collection (as a museum or library) [syn:
            curator]
      2: someone appointed by a court to assume responsibility for
         the interests of a minor or incompetent person