Conservator vs Patrol - What's the difference?
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One who conserves, preserves or protects something.
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(legal) A person appointed by a court to manage the affairs of another; similar to a guardian but with some powers of a trustee.
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An officer in charge of preserving the public peace, such as a justice or sheriff.
(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.
A professional who works on the conservation and restoration of objects, particularly artistic objects.
(military) A going of the rounds along the chain of sentinels and between the posts, by a guard, usually consisting of three or four men, to insure greater security from attacks on the outposts.
(military) A movement, by a small body of troops beyond the line of outposts, to explore the country and gain intelligence of the enemy's whereabouts.
(military) The guard or men who go the rounds for observation; a detachment whose duty it is to patrol.
Any perambulation of a particular line or district to guard it; also, the men thus guarding; as, a customs patrol; a fire patrol.
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To go the rounds along a chain of sentinels; to traverse a police district or beat.
To go the rounds of, as a sentry, guard, or policeman; as, to patrol a frontier; to patrol a beat.
Conservator is a related term of patrol.
As nouns the difference between conservator and patrol
is that conservator is one who conserves, preserves or protects something while patrol is (military) a going of the rounds along the chain of sentinels and between the posts, by a guard, usually consisting of three or four men, to insure greater security from attacks on the outposts.As a verb patrol is
to go the rounds along a chain of sentinels; to traverse a police district or beat.conservator
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* conservatour (obsolete)Noun
(en noun)- Chlouveraki, a tenacious archaeological conservator , has salvaged antiquities all over the Middle East.
- the great Creator and Conservator of the world
- The lords of the secret council were likewise made conservators of the peace of the two kingdoms.
- the conservator of the estate of an idiot
Derived terms
* conservatorial * conservatorshipExternal links
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(Webster 1913)Alternative forms
* (l) (obsolete)Etymology 1
From (etyl) patrouille, from (etyl) patrouille, . Related to (l), (l).Noun
(en noun)- In France there is an army of patrols to secure her fiscal regulations.
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