administrator : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: administrator	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for administrator
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
administrator n someone who administers a business [syn: administrator, decision maker] the party appointed by a probate court to distribute the estate of someone who dies without a will or without naming an executor someone who manages a government agency or department Synonym(s): administrator, executive
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Administrator \Admin`istra"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.