Definition of ADMINISTRATOR

administrator

Meanings

Plural: administrators

Noun

  • someone who administers a business
  • the party appointed by a probate court to distribute the estate of someone who dies without a will or without naming an executor
  • someone who manages a government agency or department
  • One who administers affairs; one who directs, manages, executes, or dispenses, whether in civil, judicial, political, or ecclesiastical affairs; a manager.
  • 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
  • One who is responsible for software installation, management, information and maintenance of a computer or network

Origin / Etymology

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

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