ADMINISTRATOR

administrator, executive

(noun) someone who manages a government agency or department

administrator

(noun) the party appointed by a probate court to distribute the estate of someone who dies without a will or without naming an executor

administrator, decision maker

(noun) someone who administers a business

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Noun

Administrator (plural Administrators)

(UK) The queen's representative in some Commonwealth territories, comparable to a Governor General.

Etymology

Noun

administrator (plural administrators)

One who administers affairs; one who directs, manages, executes, or dispenses, whether in civil, judicial, political, or ecclesiastical affairs; a manager

(legal) A person who manages or settles the estate of an intestate, or of a testator when there is no competent executor; one to whom the right of administration has been committed by competent authority

(computing) One who is responsible for software installation, management, information and maintenance of a computer or network

Synonyms

• (one who administers affairs): chief, head, head man, controller, comptroller, foreman, organizer, overseer, superintendent, supervisor

• admin

Source: Wiktionary


Ad*min`is*tra"tor, n. Etym: [L.]

1. One who administers affairs; one who directs, manages, executes, or dispenses, whether in civil, judicial, political, or ecclesiastical affairs; a manager.

2. (Law)

Definition: A man who manages or settles the estate of an intestate, or of a testator when there is no competent executor; one to whom the right of administration has been committed by competent authority.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

10 June 2025

COMMUNICATIONS

(noun) the discipline that studies the principles of transmiting information and the methods by which it is delivered (as print or radio or television etc.); “communications is his major field of study”


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Coffee Trivia

The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.

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