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Administrator

//ədˈmɪn.ɪ.stɹeɪ.tə// noun

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Noun
  1. 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. 2
    The queen's representative in some Commonwealth territories, comparable to a Governor General. UK
  3. 3
    someone who manages a government agency or department wordnet
  4. 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. 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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  1. 6
    One who is responsible for software installation, management, information and maintenance of a computer or network.
  2. 7
    someone who administers a business wordnet

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin administrātor (literally “he that is near to attend”). Doublet of administrador.

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