Administrator
//ədˈmɪn.ɪ.stɹeɪ.tə// noun
noun ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 One who administers affairs; one who directs, manages, executes, or dispenses, whether in civil, judicial, political, or ecclesiastical affairs; a manager.
"Kraft Heinz said the new products will be available nationwide to all school administrators to procure and offer to students either for purchase in the lunchroom – though the company did not disclose the cost to schools – or for free through the National School Lunch Program (NSLP)."
- 2 The queen's representative in some Commonwealth territories, comparable to a Governor General. UK
- 3 someone who manages a government agency or department wordnet
- 4 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
- 5 the party appointed by a probate court to distribute the estate of someone who dies without a will or without naming an executor wordnet
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- 6 One who is responsible for software installation, management, information and maintenance of a computer or network.
- 7 someone who administers a business wordnet
Example
More examples"With Windows OS systems 'administrator account' corresponds to 'root'."
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin administrātor (literally “he that is near to attend”). Doublet of administrador.
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