administrator

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Scrabble points
16
Words With Friends
18
Letters
13
Pronunciation
/ədˈmɪn.ɪ.stɹeɪ.tə/
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/ədˈmɪn.ɪ.stɹeɪ.tə/ · /ədˈmɪn.ɪ.stɹeɪ.tɚ/ · /əɖ.mɪ(ˌ)nɪsˈʈre.ʈər/

Definition of administrator

4 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  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.”
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noun

  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. 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. One who is responsible for software installation, management, information and maintenance of a computer or network.
  4. (UK)The queen's representative in some Commonwealth territories, comparable to a Governor General.

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

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.

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