\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.