administrator

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   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
   noun

   someone who manages a government agency or department

3. 3
   noun

   the party appointed by a probate court to distribute the estate of someone who dies without a will or without naming an executor

4. 4
   noun

   someone who administers a business

5. 5
   noun

   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

6. 6
   noun

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

7. 7
   noun

   The queen's representative in some Commonwealth territories, comparable to a Governor General.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Proto-Indo-European *mey- Proto-Indo-European *-yōs Proto-Italic *minōs Proto-Indo-European *-teros Proto-Italic *-teros Proto-Italic *minosteros Latin minister 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.