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Webster 1913 Edition
Administrator
Ad-minˊis-tra′tor
,Noun.
[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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Administrator
ADMINISTRA'TOR
,Noun.
1.
a man who, by virtue of a commission from the Ordinary, Surrogate, Court of Probate, or other proper authority, has the charge of the goods and estate of one dying without a will.2.
One who administers, or who directs, manages, distributes, or dispenses laws and rites, either in civil, judicial, political, or ecclesiastical affairs.3.
In Scots law, a tutor, curator or guardian, having the care of one who is incapable of acting for himself. The term is usually applied to a father who has power over his children and their estate, during their minority.Definition 2024
Administrator
Administrator
- See Wiktionary:Administrators for administrators within Wiktionary
English
Noun
Administrator (plural Administrators)
- (Britain) The queen's representative in some Commonwealth territories, comparable to a Governor General.
German
Pronunciation
Noun
Administrator m (genitive Administrators, plural Administratoren)
Declension
Declension of Administrator
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
| nominative | ein | der | Administrator | die | Administratoren |
| genitive | eines | des | Administrators | der | Administratoren |
| dative | einem | dem | Administrator | den | Administratoren |
| accusative | einen | den | Administrator | die | Administratoren |
Related terms
administrator
administrator
- See Wiktionary:Administrators for administrators within Wiktionary.
English
Alternative forms
- administratour (obsolete)
Noun
administrator (plural administrators)
- One who administers affairs; one who directs, manages, executes, or dispenses, whether in civil, judicial, political, or ecclesiastical affairs; a manager
- (law) A person 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
- (computing) One who is responsible for software installation, management, information and maintenance of a computer or network
Synonyms
- (one who administers affairs): chief, head, head man, controller, comptroller, foreman, organizer, overseer, superintendent, supervisor
- admin
Derived terms
- co-administrator
Translations
one who administers affairs
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law: one to whom the right of administration has been committed
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computing: one who responsible for software and maintenance of a computer or network
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Related terms
Latin
Etymology
From administrō (“attend upon, assist”), from ad (“to”) + ministrō (“attend, manage”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ad.mi.nisˈtraː.tor/
Noun
administrātor m (genitive administrātōris); third declension
Inflection
Third declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | administrātor | administrātōrēs |
| genitive | administrātōris | administrātōrum |
| dative | administrātōrī | administrātōribus |
| accusative | administrātōrem | administrātōrēs |
| ablative | administrātōre | administrātōribus |
| vocative | administrātor | administrātōrēs |
Derived terms
Related terms
- administer
- administrātiō
- administrātīvus
- administrō
Descendants
- Catalan: administrador
- English: administrator
- Hungarian: adminisztrátor
- Portuguese: administrador
- Russian: администра́тор m (administrátor)
- Spanish: administrador
References
- administrator in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- administrator in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ADMINISTRATOR in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
administrator m (definite singular administratoren, indefinite plural administratorer, definite plural administratorene)
References
- “administrator” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
administrator m (definite singular administratoren, indefinite plural administratorar, definite plural administratorane)
References
- “administrator” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ad.mʲi.ɲiˈstra.tɔr/
Noun
administrator m pers
Declension
declension of administrator
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | administrator | administratorzy |
| genitive | administratora | administratorów |
| dative | administratorowi | administratorom |
| accusative | administratora | administratorów |
| instrumental | administratorem | administratorami |
| locative | administratorze | administratorach |
| vocative | administratorze | administratorzy |
Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /adminǐstraːtor/
- Hyphenation: ad‧mi‧ni‧stra‧tor
Noun
adminìstrātor m (Cyrillic spelling админѝстра̄тор)
Declension
Declension of administrator
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | administrator | administratori |
| genitive | administratora | administratora |
| dative | administratoru | administratorima |
| accusative | administratora | administratore |
| vocative | administratoru | administratori |
| locative | administratoru | administratorima |
| instrumental | administratorom | administratorima |