Administrator
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administrator¹
- /ədˈmɪn.ɪ.stɹeɪ.tə/ UK
- /ədˈmɪn.ɪ.stɹeɪ.tɚ/ US
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Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd
Proto-Italic *ad
Proto-Italic *ad-
Latin ad-
Proto-Indo-European *mey-
Proto-Indo-European *-néwti
Proto-Indo-European *minéwti
Proto-Italic *minuō?
Proto-Indo-European *-yōs
Proto-Italic *-(j)ōs?
Proto-Italic *minōs
Proto-Indo-European *-teros
Proto-Italic *-teros
Proto-Italic *minosteros
Latin minister
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.
Proto-Italic *-ājō
Proto-Italic *-āō
Latin -ō
Latin ministrō
Latin administrō
Proto-Indo-European *-tōr
Proto-Italic *-tōr
Latin -tor
Latin administrātorbor.
English administrator
Borrowed from Latin administrātor (literally “he that is near to attend”). Doublet of administrador.
noun administrators · administratour
- One who administers affairs; one who directs, manages, executes, or dispenses, whether in civil, judicial, political, or ecclesiastical affairs; a manager. Kraft Heinz said the new products will be available nationwide to all school administrators to procure and offer to students either for purchase in the lunchroom – though the company did not disclose the cost to schools – or for free through the National School Lunch Program (NSLP).
- 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 For quotations using this term, see Citations:administrator.
- One who is responsible for software installation, management, information and maintenance of a computer or network.
Similar: admin
Administrator²
noun Administrators
- The queen's representative in some Commonwealth territories, comparable to a Governor General.
