Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. One who administers, especially one who works as a manager in a business, government agency, or school.
- n. Law One appointed to administer an estate.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. One who administers; one who directs or manages affairs of any kind: sometimes used as a title of executive office.
- n. In law: One who, by virtue of a commission from a probate, orphans', or surrogate's court, or, in England, from the probate, divorce, and admiralty division of the High Court of Justice, has charge of the goods and chattels of one dying without a will. In some jurisdictions his power is extended to real property. Often contracted to admr.
- n. In Scots law, a tutor, curator, or guardian, having the care of one who is incapable of acting for himself. The term is usually applied to a father who has power over his children and their estate during their minority.
Wiktionary
- n. One who administers affairs; one who directs, manages, executes, or dispenses, whether in civil, judicial, political, or ecclesiastical affairs; a manager
- n. law 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
- n. computing One who is responsible for software installation, management, information and maintenance of a computer or network
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. One who administers affairs; one who directs, manages, executes, or dispenses, whether in civil, judicial, political, or ecclesiastical affairs; a manager.
- n. (Law) 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.
WordNet 3.0
- n. someone who manages a government agency or department
- n. someone who administers a business
- n. the party appointed by a probate court to distribute the estate of someone who dies without a will or without naming an executor
Etymologies
- From Latin administrātor, literally "he that is near to attend". (Wiktionary)
Examples
“The term "administrator" is a generic title used to indicate the person who is responsible for enforcing the Uniform Securities Act in a state.”
“It seems he has to answer for it, because he's what they call the administrator, and Mr. Eldon can compel him to make it all good again. ”
“The principal called Ms. Timoney and said she considered the toy suspension-worthy, and that she was going to double-check with a security administrator from the city Department of Education.”
“Every dollar you pay to your 401 (k) administrator is a dollar that doesn't go to retirement.”
“While naming an administrator is important, I'd hate to see someone shoehorned into the position simply to stop the "name an administrator now!" crowd.”
“As with the CIA pick, I think this demonstrates that Obama's primary criterion for NASA administrator is loyalty to the President.”
“With all due respect to John Young, the enthusiasm for him as NASA administrator is terribly wrong.”
First He's In - Then He's Out - Then He's Back In - NASA Watch
“As was pointed out to George by Major Tom, the NASA administrator is not a cabinet-level post (and I never said it was in my prior post).”
“To think that we need a new administrator is not to "hate" him.”
“The NASA administrator is actually not a civil service employee of NASA (which is why that person can be fired so easily).”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘administrator’.
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EU - Eurovoc - European Communities
AAMS countries, access to Communi..., access to informa..., accession criteria, accession negotia..., accession to an a..., accession to the ..., accession to the ..., ACP countries, ACP-EC Committee ..., ACP-EC Convention, ACP-EC Council and 1088 more...
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EU Buzz - ALL words and expressions
A combined list of
1. EU Buzz - single words
2. EU Buzz - collocations
3. EU Buzz - the 100 most active
collocation constituentsabsorption capacity, absorption rate, acceding country, accession candidate, accession countries, accession country, accession criteria, accession cycle, accession negotia..., accession partner..., accession priorities, accession treaty and 2650 more...
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Dramatic Nouns
Nouns to be used as descriptions while writing stories
night owl, early bird, hedonist, ascetic, derelict, explorer, radical, pity friend, cupid, truant, caretaker, guardian and 120 more...
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EN - academic vocabulary
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abandon, abandonment, abnormally, abstract, abstraction, abstractly, abstracts, academia, academic, academically, academics, academies and 3119 more...
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EN-HU - important words for a HU inte...
Words only (I left out the expressions) from Geza Kerenyi's EN-HU interpreters' dictionary. Most of them pose some difficulty when interpreted between HU and EN in either or both directions.
abalone, abrasive, abstractionist, abstruse, abysmal, academia, accessibility, accessible, acclimate, accolade, accompanist, achiever and 1469 more...
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JURI - courtroom speak
Legal glossary with special focus on courtroom vocabulary
accused, acquittal, ADA, adjournment, adjudication, affidavit, affirmed, aggravated range, aggravating factors, allegation, alleged, answer and 794 more...
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EU Buzz - single words (1+2+3)
1. Strictly EU terms with special European meaning used only in the EU
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2. Keywords central to the understanding of the EU (people working for the EU are usually able to give thematic...acceleration, action, additionality, administrator, agenda, agricultural, agri-environmental, agriflation, agri-food, applicant, approach, assent and 1325 more...
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5000 FREE SAT Words
abase, abbess, abbey, abbot, abdicate, abdomen, abdominal, abduction, abed, aberration, abet, abeyance and 229 more...
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Insurance Data-Related words
claimant, delete, register, invoice, spreadsheet, alert, electronic, cartridge, password, dashboard, certificate, presentation and 90 more...
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Basic English Vocabulary
Very basic words for ESL students.
a, abandon, ability, able, abortion, about, above, abroad, absence, absolute, absolutely, absorb and 4334 more...
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big book gre
abase, abbess, abbey, abbot, abdicate, abdomen, abdominal, abduction, abed, aberration, abet, abeyance and 6691 more...
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pep's Words
metamorphosis, fanciful, velveteen, pandemic, parallel, crisp, administrator, wingding, auditorium, swatch, palimpsest
Tweets
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Telofy Our good administrator is so 1337, (s)he distributes all of her/his thousands of words evenly over zero lists. Dec 8, 2009