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. Computers.,  Also admin

   1. a person who manages and supports a computer system or network, as in a business or other organization.

      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.

   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

Other Word Forms

• administratorship noun
• preadministrator noun
• subadministrator noun
• administratrix noun

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

Example Sentences

England - the management, players and administrators - will be held to account at the end of the Ashes if their plans do not work.

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Sleeper cells are active inside the camps and weapons have been confiscated during searches by Kurdish and U.S. forces, according to camp administrators, Kurdish counterterrorism and military officials, U.N. investigators and interviews with detainees.

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Only then did the backbone scale: We went from server closets wedged next to the mop sink to data centers and cloud regions, from lone system administrators to fulfillment networks, cybersecurity and compliance.

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You can delineate these bequests in a will or in a trust, but either way, the designated administrator becomes responsible for distributing the items and can be held accountable if things go missing.

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Kathy Brown, lead tax agency relations analyst at the payroll and benefits administrator UKG, strongly advised against trying to change withholdings on their own at this point.

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Related Words

• authority 
• bureaucrat 
• chief 
• commander 
• controller 
• custodian 
• dean 
• director 
• executive 
• head 
• inspector 
• judge 
• leader 
• manager 
• minister 
• officer 
• official 
• organizer 
• superintendent 
• supervisor