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administrator

nounattested in dialogue

  • United Kingdom//ədˈmɪn.ɪ.stɹeɪ.tə//
  • United States//ədˈmɪn.ɪ.stɹeɪ.tɚ//

One who administers affairs; one who directs, manages, executes, or dispenses, whether in civil, judicial, political, or ecclesiastical affairs; a manager.

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).

    Amy Gleason is the acting administrator of the US DOGE Service, the agency that houses the temporary Department of Government Efficiency, a White House official told CNN on Tuesday.

  2. 2

    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

    For quotations using this term, see Citations:administrator.

  3. 3

    One who is responsible for software installation, management, information and maintenance of a computer or network.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Proto-Indo-European *mey- Proto-Indo-European *-néwti Proto-Indo-European *minéwti Proto-Italic *minuō? Proto-Indo-European *-yōs Proto-Italic *-(j)ōs? Proto-Italic *minōs Proto-Indo-European *-teros Proto-Italic *-teros Proto-Italic *minosteros Latin minister Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin ministrō Latin administrō Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -tor Latin administrātorbor. English administrator Borrowed from Latin administrātor (literally “he that is near to attend”). Doublet of administrador.

Forms

plural
administrators
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