administrator
pronunciation
How to pronounce administrator in British English:
UK [ədˈmɪnɪstreɪtə(r)]
How to pronounce administrator in American English:
US [ədˈmɪnɪstreɪtər]
-
- Noun:
- someone who administers a business
- the party appointed by a probate court to distribute the estate of someone who dies without a will or without naming an executor
- someone who manages a government agency or department
Word Origin
- administrator (n.)
- mid-15c., from Middle French administrateur or directly from Latin administrator "a manager, conductor," agent noun from past participle stem of administrare (see administer). Estate sense is earliest. For ending, see -er.
Synonym
chairman proctor guardian regent director official speaker governor head intendant ruler trustee superintendent commander boss commandant steward overseer custodian chair executor dean manager officer foreman supervisor executive bureaucrat factor leader comptroller chief organizer controller president agent
Example
- 1. You need to have system administrator privileges to do this .
- 2. Bondholders believe an administrator would require companies to pay back more .
- 3. Yet footballers are not the only creditors to enjoy bargaining power with the administrator .
- 4. Her sister-in-law and manager , patricia houston , was appointed the administrator of the estate .
- 5. Education administrator , which ranked particularly high for job satisfaction , made it onto our lineup of social service jobs .