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noun
1.
a person who manages or has a talent for managing.
2.
Law. a person appointed by a court to take charge of the estate of a decedent, but not appointed in the decedent's will.
Origin:
1400–50; late Middle English < Latin administrātor, equivalent to administrā(re) (see administer) + -tor -tor
1400–50; late Middle English < Latin administrātor, equivalent to administrā(re) (see administer) + -tor -tor
Related forms
ad·min·is·tra·tor·ship, noun
pre·ad·min·is·tra·tor, noun
sub·ad·min·is·tra·tor, noun
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Word Origin & History
administrator
1510s, from L. administrator, agent noun from pp. stem of administrare (see administer). Estate sense is earliest. For ending, see -er.
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