Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun One who administers, especially one who works as a manager in a business, government agency, or school.
- noun Law One appointed to administer an estate.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who administers; one who directs or manages affairs of any kind: sometimes used as a title of executive office.
- noun 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.
- noun In Scots law, a tutor, curator, or guardian, having the care of one who is incapable of acting for himself.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who administers affairs; one who directs, manages, executes, or dispenses, whether in civil, judicial, political, or ecclesiastical affairs; a manager.
- noun (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.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun One who
administers affairs; one who directs, manages, executes, or dispenses, whether in civil, judicial, political, or ecclesiastical affairs; amanager - noun law A person who manages or
settles the estate of anintestate , or of atestator when there is no competentexecutor ; one to whom the right ofadministration has been committed by competent authority - noun computing One who is responsible for software installation, management, information and maintenance of a computer or network
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun someone who manages a government agency or department
- noun someone who administers a business
- noun the party appointed by a probate court to distribute the estate of someone who dies without a will or without naming an executor
Etymologies
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Examples
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The term "administrator" is a generic title used to indicate the person who is responsible for enforcing the Uniform Securities Act in a state.
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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. '
Demos George Gissing 1880
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To think that we need a new administrator is not to "hate" him.
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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.
NASA Administrator: A New Name Is Circulating - NASA Watch 2009
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The NASA administrator is actually not a civil service employee of NASA (which is why that person can be fired so easily).
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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).
NASA Administrator: A New Name Is Circulating - NASA Watch 2009
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Every dollar you pay to your 401 (k) administrator is a dollar that doesn't go to retirement.
Workers fight uphill battle on 401(k) retirement savings 2010
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As with the CIA pick, I think this demonstrates that Obama's primary criterion for NASA administrator is loyalty to the President.
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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.
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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 2009
Telofy commented on the word administrator
Our good administrator is so 1337, (s)he distributes all of her/his thousands of words evenly over zero lists.
December 8, 2009