Conservatoire
(||Con`ser"va*toire`) n. [F.] A public place of instruction in any special branch, esp. music
and the arts. [See Conservatory, 3].
Conservator
(Con"ser*va`tor) n. [L.: cf. F. conservateur.]
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.
Conservatory
(Con*serv"a*to*ry) a. [Cf. F. conservatoire, LL. conservatorius.] Having the quality of
preserving from loss, decay, or injury.
Conservatory
(Con*serv"a*to*ry), n. [Cf. F. conservatoire, LL. conservatorium.]
1. That which preserves from injury. [Obs.] "A conservatory of life." Jer. Taylor.
2. A place for preserving anything from loss, decay, waste, or injury; particulary, a greenhouse for preserving
exotic or tender plants.
3. A public place of instruction, designed to preserve and perfect the knowledge of some branch of
science or art, esp. music.
