Definitions for: Administrator


[n] someone who manages a government agency or department
[n] the party appointed by a probate court to distribute the estate of someone who dies without a will or without naming an executor
[n] someone who administers a business



Webster (1913) Definition: Ad*min`is*tra"tor, n. [L.]
1. One who administers affairs; one who directs, manages,
executes, or dispenses, whether in civil, judicial,
political, or ecclesiastical affairs; a manager.

2. (Law) 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.

Synonyms: decision maker, executive

See Also: academic administrator, chief, commissioner, director, executive director, fiduciary, head, hosteller, hotel manager, hotelier, hotelkeeper, hotelman, land agent, manager, managing director, Peter Stuyvesant, Petrus Stuyvesant, prefect, Raffles, Secretary General, security director, Sir Thomas Raffles, Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles, Stuyvesant, top dog, triumvir, vice chancellor

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