administrator

Pronunciation: /ədˈmɪn.ɪ.stɹeɪ.tɚ/

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun someone who administers a business
  2. noun the party appointed by a probate court to distribute the estate of someone who dies without a will or without naming an executor
  3. noun someone who manages a government agency or department

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin administrātor (literally “he that is near to attend”). Doublet of administrador.

In classic literature

Synonyms

decision maker

Semantic network

Broader (hypernyms)
head
Narrower (hyponyms)
director, vice chancellor, security director, academic administrator, land agent, hotelier

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