administrator
Forms
- Plural
- administrators
Definitions
1.One who administers affairs; one who directs, manages, executes, or dispenses, whether in civil, judicial, political, or ecclesiastical affairs; a manager.
- 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.The queen's representative in some Commonwealth territories, comparable to a Governor General.
Frequency
Overall
Uncommon· #2971
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Uncommon
- Academic
- Uncommon
- Literature
- Rare
Etymology
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd
Proto-Italic *ad
Proto-Italic *ad-
Latin ad-
Proto-Indo-European *mey-
Proto-Indo-European *-néwti
Proto-Indo-European *minéwti
Proto-Italic *minuō?
Proto-Indo-European *-yōs
Proto-Italic *-(j)ōs?
Proto-Italic *minōs
Proto-Indo-European *-teros