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administrator

[ ad-min-uh-strey-ter ]

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.
  3. Also Informal, ad·min []. Computers.
    1. a person who manages and supports a computer system or network, as in a business or other organization: Compare system operator ( def ).

      the company’s system administrator;

      a database administrator.

    2. a person who determines the site policies, appoints moderators, and manages the technical operation of an internet message board or other interactive website:

      a forum administrator.

    3. a user account on a home computer accessible only by the user who manages the computer system. Compare root 1( def 11b ).
    4. a user who has access to this user account.


administrator

/ ədˈmɪnɪˌstreɪtə /

noun

  1. a person who administers the affairs of an organization, official body, etc
  2. property law a person authorized to manage an estate, esp when the owner has died intestate or without having appointed executors
  3. a person who manages a computer system


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Derived Forms

  • adˌminisˈtratrix, noun:feminine

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Other Words From

  • 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 History and Origins

Origin of administrator1

First recorded in 1400–50; late Middle English, from Middle French administratour, from Latin administrātor, equivalent to administrā(re) “to assist, serve” ( administer ) + -tor -tor

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Example Sentences

Clark, the head cheer coach, said no other cheerleaders were disciplined for vaping on campus and school administrators determined they couldn’t discipline students for off-campus vaping.

University administrators tell Fortune they’re doing everything they can to ensure public safety.

From Fortune

I thank the Board for the amicable separation and for the opportunity to work together these past two years with phenomenal students, teachers, parents, staff, administrators, and the community at large.

Even though affluent administrators have been comfortable with narrowing curriculum in inner city schools where they would never educate their own children, parents there never have been comfortable with it.

Public and private insurance administrators determine what treatments to cover.

I recently got asked by an administrator at the Library of Congress to do unpaid labor for its website.

“The only thing I hope to come out of the group is peaceful support,” the female administrator said.

We enter with nothing but our passports, which are carefully checked (and kept) by the prison administrator.

The report also names the administrator of one such targeted directory, a German computer science student named Sebastian Hahn.

Instead of having an athletic director or an administrator imposes their ideas.

Piépape has never been a General Staff Officer before; by training, bent of mind and experience he is an administrator.

If the lessee die, his executor or administrator can assign the remainder of his term.

Or, if the land has been given to a devisee, he can require the executor or administrator to pay the mortgage.

If dead or insane, the oath must be made by his executor, administrator, or other representative.

He was, for example, an incomparably better administrator than Torrington.

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