Dictionary Definition
administrator
Noun
1 someone who administers a business [syn:
decision
maker]
2 the party appointed by a probate court to
distribute the estate of someone who dies without a will or without
naming an executor
3 someone who manages a government agency or
department [syn: executive]
User Contributed Dictionary
see Administrator
English
Noun
- One who administers affairs; one who directs, manages, executes, or dispenses, whether in civil, judicial, political, or ecclesiastical affairs; a manager.
- 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
one who administers affairsTranslations
one who administers affairs
- Finnish: hallintovirkamies (in gov't), hallinnoija
- German: Verwalter, Verwaltungsleiter, Sachbearbeiter, Administrator
- Russian: администратор, распорядитель, руководитель, управляющий
- Swedish: administratör
law: one to whom the right of administration has
been committed
- Finnish: uskottu mies
- German: Nachlassverwalter
- Russian: опекун, душеприказчик
- ttbc Afrikaans: administrateur
- ttbc Bosnian: administrator
- ttbc Catalan: administrador
- ttbc Czech: správce
- ttbc Dutch: beheerder
- ttbc French: administrateur
- ttbc Greek: διαχειριστής
- ttbc Italian: amministratore
- ttbc Japanese: 管理者
- ttbc Korean: 행정관 (haengjeonggwan)
- ttbc Latin: praetor, procurator, administrator
- ttbc Macedonian: администратор (administrátor)
- ttbc Norwegian: administrator
- ttbc Polish: zarządca, administrator
- ttbc Portuguese: administrador
- ttbc Serbian:
- Cyrillic: администратор
- Roman: administrator
- Cyrillic: администратор
- ttbc Spanish: administrador
See also
- — Administrators within Wiktionary
Bosnian
Noun
Croatian
Noun
hr-noun mNorwegian
Noun
Serbian
Noun
Extensive Definition
Administrator may refer to:
- Administration, the performance or management of business operations
- Administrator of the Government, in various Commonwealth Realms and territories
- In the independent agencies of the United States government, the highest executive officer in an independent agency whose name ends with the word "administration"
- Administrator (law), a person appointed by a court to handle the administration of an estate for someone who has died without a will.
Computing: Often known as admin
- System administrator, a person responsible for running technically advanced information systems
- Network administrator, engineers involved in computer networks
- Database administrator, a person who is responsible for the environmental aspects of a database
- Forum administrator, one who oversees discussions on an Internet forum
- Server administrator, a person, usually a "clan leader", who acts as the administrator for an Internet gaming or other type of server.
administrator in German: Administrator
administrator in Spanish: Administrador
administrator in Basque: Administratzaile
administrator in French: Administrateur
administrator in Galician: Administrador
administrator in Korean: 관리자
administrator in Polish: Administrator
administrator in Russian: Администратор
(значения)
administrator in Slovenian:
Administrator
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
academic dean, administration, agent, chancellor, conductor, dean, dean of men, dean of women,
deputy, directeur, director, exec, governor, headmaster, headmistress, impresario, intendant, manager, master, officer, official, president, principal, producer, provost, rector, responsible person,
supercargo,
vice-chancellor