Conservator \Con"ser*va`tor\ (?; 277), 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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)