administrator Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun someone who administers a business
    decision maker.
  2. noun the party appointed by a probate court to distribute the estate of someone who dies without a will or without naming an executor
  3. noun someone who manages a government agency or department
    executive.

WordNet


Ad*min`is*tra"tor noun
Etymology
L.
Definitions
  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.

Webster 1913