Administrator
[əd'mɪnɪstreɪtə] or [əd'mɪnɪstretɚ]
Definition
(noun.) someone who manages a government agency or department.
(noun.) the party appointed by a probate court to distribute the estate of someone who dies without a will or without naming an executor.
(noun.) someone who administers a business.
Inputed by Josiah--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) One who administers affairs; one who directs, manages, executes, or dispenses, whether in civil, judicial, political, or ecclesiastical affairs; a manager.
(n.) 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.
Typist: Merritt
Examples
- In 1788 Warren Hastings, a second great Indian administrator, was impeached and acquitted (1792). H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Ye-es, repeated Miss Flite in her most genteel accents, my executor, administrator, and assign. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- History distinguishes two chief groups of Roman emperors who were great administrators. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
Typist: Shane