a person who manages or has a talent for managing.
2.
Law. a person appointed by a court to take charge of the estate of a decedent, but not appointed in the decedent's will.
3.
Also called Informal, admin. Computers.
a person who manages and supports a computer system or network, as in a business or other organization: the company’s system administrator; a database administrator. Compare system operator.
a person who manages an Internet discussion group or other interactive website:
a forum administrator.
a user account on a home computer accessible only by the user who manages the computer system.
1400-50;late Middle English < Latinadministrātor, equivalent to administrā(re) (see administer) + -tor-tor
Related forms
administratorship, noun
preadministrator, noun
subadministrator, noun
Examples from the web for administrator
He seems to have embraced the transition to administrator enthusiastically.
Chris works as a housing admissions administrator at a nearby college and teaches art sculpture.
He is, in theory an administrator of a budget that he screwed up in a public fashion and therefore unfit to administer his budget.
Morale declines, and ultimately productivity with it, until the administrator is finally shown the door-or promoted.
Two qualities characterize an academic administrator.
He has enhanced his reputation as a corporate-turnaround expert by resurrecting the firm in his role as special administrator.
The appropriate administrator will do that based on the auditor's report.
The administrator then curates the deceased's life story, approving subsequent tributes and additions by others.
British Dictionary definitions for administrator
administrator
/ədˈmɪnɪˌstreɪtə/
noun
1.
a person who administers the affairs of an organization, official body, etc
2.
(property law) a person authorized to manage an estate, esp when the owner has died intestate or without having appointed executors
3.
a person who manages a computer system
Derived Forms
administratrix, noun:feminine
Word Origin and History for 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.