What does Administrator mean?

Definitions for Administrator
ædˈmɪn əˌstreɪ tərad·min·is·tra·tor

This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word Administrator.

Princeton's WordNet

  1. administrator, decision makernoun

    someone who administers a business

  2. administratornoun

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

  3. administrator, executivenoun

    someone who manages a government agency or department

Wiktionary

  1. administratornoun

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

  2. administratornoun

    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

  3. administratornoun

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

  4. Etymology: From administrator, literally "he that is near to attend".

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Administratornoun

    1.Is properly taken for him that has the goods of a man dying intestate, committed to his charge by the ordinary, and is accountable for the same, whenever it shall please the ordinary to call upon him thereunto. John Cowell

    Etymology: administrator, Lat.

    He was wonderfully diligent to enquire and observe what became of the king of Arragon, in holding the kingdom of Castille, and whether he did hold it in his own right, or as administrator to his daughter. Francis Bacon, Henry VII.

    I feel my conscience bound to remember the death of Christ, with some society of christians or other, since it is a most plain command; whether the person, who distributes these elements, be only an occasional or a settled administrator. Isaac Watts, Improvement of the Mind, p. i. c. 18.

    The residence of the prince, or chief administrator, of the civil power. Jonathan Swift, short View of Ireland.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Administratornoun

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

  2. Administratornoun

    a man 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

  3. Etymology: [L.]

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  1. Nouns Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'Administrator' in Nouns Frequency: #2331

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Administrator in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Administrator in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of Administrator in a Sentence

  1. Tom Bossert:

    I’ve known Administrator Long now for 15 years.We could n’t have picked a finer leader.He’s had state director experience.He’s had FEMA experience. Administrator Long’s absolutely the top of the top.

  2. Steve Vladeck:

    The first prayer of the elections administrator is,' Please, God, don't let it be close,' and that's increasingly the prayer of the elections lawyer as well.

  3. Celestin Singirankabo:

    Five people came around 9.30 p.m. and called the elected administrator by name and ordered him out of his house. They shot at him and he died, after that they moved to another nearby house and also shot another person.

  4. Myron Ebell:

    I think (the red-team, blue-team process) is a logical first step, but I don’t think it commits the administrator to anything yet.

  5. Milan Vaishnav:

    The silence raises questions about being on top of your brief, that conversation has begun: Modi is a person who we thought was a decider; a CEO-like leader. But if we are now getting signals that he is not necessarily the effective administrator we thought he was, that is becoming a problem.

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