ADMINISTRATOR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does administrator mean? 

• ADMINISTRATOR (noun)
  The noun ADMINISTRATOR has 3 senses:

1. someone who administers a business

2. the party appointed by a probate court to distribute the estate of someone who dies without a will or without naming an executor

3. someone who manages a government agency or department

  Familiarity information: ADMINISTRATOR used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ADMINISTRATOR (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Someone who administers a business

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

administrator; decision maker

Hypernyms ("administrator" is a kind of...):

chief; head; top dog (a person who is in charge)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "administrator"):

academic administrator (an administrator in a college or university)

director; manager; managing director (someone who controls resources and expenditures)

executive; executive director (a person responsible for the administration of a business)

hosteller; hotel manager; hotelier; hotelkeeper; hotelman (an owner or manager of hotels)

land agent (a person who administers a landed estate)

security director (head of a private security force working for a business or industry)

vice chancellor (a deputy or assistant to someone bearing the title of chancellor)

Derivation:

administrate (work in an administrative capacity; supervise or be in charge of)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The party appointed by a probate court to distribute the estate of someone who dies without a will or without naming an executor

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("administrator" is a kind of...):

fiduciary (a person who holds assets in trust for a beneficiary)

Derivation:

administrate (work in an administrative capacity; supervise or be in charge of)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Someone who manages a government agency or department

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

administrator; executive

Hypernyms ("administrator" is a kind of...):

chief; head; top dog (a person who is in charge)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "administrator"):

commissioner (a government administrator)

DCI; Director of Central Intelligence (the head of the United States Intelligence Community and director of the Central Intelligence Agency)

prefect (a chief officer or chief magistrate)

Secretary General (a person who is a chief administrator (as of the United Nations))

triumvir (one of a group of three sharing public administration or civil authority especially in ancient Rome)

Instance hyponyms:

Raffles; Sir Thomas Raffles; Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles (British colonial administrator who founded Singapore (1781-1826))

Peter Stuyvesant; Petrus Stuyvesant; Stuyvesant (the last Dutch colonial administrator of New Netherland; in 1664 he was forced to surrender the colony to England (1592-1672))

Derivation:

administrate (work in an administrative capacity; supervise or be in charge of)

 Context examples 

An advanced practice RN who functions as a health care provider, educator, consultant, researcher, leader/administrator and/or case manager.

(Certified Nurse Specialist, NCI Thesaurus)

The body of teachers and administrators at a school.

(Faculty, NCI Thesaurus)

APHA brings together researchers, health service providers, administrators, teachers, and other health workers, forming multi-disciplinary environment for professional exchange, study, and action.

(American Public Health Association, NCI Thesaurus)

The College focuses on providing educational, funding, peer resources/networking support and opportunity for oncology administrators and managers in all types of healthcare institutions.

(American College of Oncology Administrators, NCI Thesaurus)

The advanced practice nurse demonstrates leadership as a consultant, educator, administrator and researcher.

(Advanced practice nurse, NCI Thesaurus)

A clinical research professional (i.e., administrator, coordinator, consultant, educator, or researcher in clinical trial management) with related work experience and with certification earned by passing a required program and written examination from the Society of Clinical Research Associates (SOCRA) or equivalent organization.

(Certified Clinical Research Professional, NCI Thesaurus)

These findings could lead to new protective methods against mosquitos, without the environmental or human health effects of other chemical-based repellants, said Heather Henry, Ph.D., a health scientist administrator with the NIEHS Superfund Research Program.

(Graphene shield shows promise in blocking mosquito bites, National Institutes of Health)

A non-profit association for cancer care administrators in the US.

(American College of Oncology Administrators, NCI Thesaurus)