Definition of administrator
1 : a person legally vested with the right of administration of an estate
2a : one who administers especially business, school, or governmental affairsb : a priest appointed to administer a diocese or parish temporarily
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Examples of administrator in a Sentence
Her eldest son will act as the administrator of the estate.
Recent Examples of administrator from the Web
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During the Reagan, Bush, and Clinton years, fears of drugs, promiscuity, and disorder led school administrators to devise new methods for surveilling school bathrooms.
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Dowling has been with the Schererville Police Department since 1984, with much of that time as a supervisor and administrator, and always thought about running for sheriff.
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Seema Verma, administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, also raised questions about the CBO's ability to accurately score the bill, the Washington Examiner's Kimberly Leonard reports.
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Mrs. Sliwa became the group’s bookkeeper, administrator and publicist and a counselor to various Angels.
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Nearly 1,100 workers, including top administrators, were affected by that round of furloughs.
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Government administrator Umesh Pandey says the plane hit a mountain Saturday about 20 meters (66 feet) below the runway of Tenzing Hillary Airport at Lukla, the gateway to Mount Everest.
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Thompson, Foley's administrator, said a request for proposals will be issued to see what other third-party managers might be interested in operating the events center.
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May is adamant that Flagstone met its deadline for upland construction, adding that Flagstone has held weekly meetings with city administrators for months in order to discuss the micro details of the project and the developer’s obligations.
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First Known Use of administrator
15th century
Other Business Terms
ADMINISTRATOR Defined for English Language Learners
administrator
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: a person whose job is to manage a company, school, or other organization
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: a person who controls the use of something (such as property or money)
ADMINISTRATOR Defined for Kids
administrator
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: a person who administers business, school, or government affairs
Law Dictionary
administrator
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1 : a person appointed by a probate court to manage the distribution of the assets in the estate of a person who has died without leaving a valid will or leaving a will that does not name an executor able or willing to perform — see also administratrix, letters of administration at letter 2 — compare executor, personal representative administrator ad litem : an administrator appointed to represent an estate that is a necessary party to a lawsuit administrator cum testamento annexo : administrator with the will annexed in this entry administrator de bonis non \-dē-ˈbō-nis-ˈnän, -dā-ˈbō-nis-ˈnōn\ : an administrator appointed to administer the remaining assets in the estate when the preceding administrator or executor can or will no longer perform administrator pendente lite \-pen-ˈden-tē-ˈlī-tē, -pen-ˈden-tā-ˈlē-tā\ : special administrator 2 in this entry administrator with the will annexed : an administrator appointed to administer an estate where the will names no executor or where the named executor is incapable of performing or unwilling to perform —called also administrator cum testamento annexo ancillary administrator : a subordinate administrator appointed to administer the assets of an estate that are located in a different jurisdiction from the one where the deceased was domiciled and where the primary administration of the estate is taking place foreign administrator : an administrator appointed in another state general administrator : an administrator appointed to administer the entire estate of a deceased person in accordance with the laws of intestacy or in accordance with the will if there is one — compare special administrator in this entry independent administrator : an administrator whose administration of the estate is entirely or mostly unsupervised by the probate court public administrator 1 : a public officer who administers the estates of deceased people when there is no one else willing or entitled to perform 2 : an administrator appointed in some states for the sole purpose of being responsible for the assets in an estate pending settlement of a dispute or when there is doubt as to who should be appointed administrator special administrator 1 : an administrator appointed to administer only a designated part of the deceased person's estate 2 : an administrator appointed for the sole purpose of being responsible for the assets in an estate usually in some emergency (as a will contest) — compare general administrator in this entry
2 : a person that administers; especially often capitalized : the head of a government agency
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