# administrator

Pronunciation: US say "ad-MIN-i-stray-tur" /ədˈmɪnɪstɹeɪtɚ/; UK say "ad-MIN-i-stray-tuh" /ədˈmɪnɪstɹeɪtə/

## Noun

1. A person who directs, manages, executes, or carries out affairs, whether in civil, judicial, political, or religious matters.
   - Simple: A person who manages or directs the work of an organization, office, or group.
   - _The hospital administrator oversaw budgets, staffing, and daily operations._
   - _Church administrators coordinated the parish finances throughout the year._
2. A person responsible for the installation of software and the management, information, and maintenance of a computer or network.
   - Simple: A person who sets up and looks after the computers, software, and network for a group.
   - _The administrator scheduled nightly backups to prevent data loss._
   - _Network administrators patched the servers before the security audit._
3. A person appointed by competent authority to manage or settle the estate of someone who died without a will, or whose will named no competent executor.
   - Simple: A person chosen by a court to manage and share out the property of someone who has died.
   - _As administrator, he paid off the outstanding debts before distributing the remaining assets._
   - _The court appointed two administrators to settle the intestate's complex estate._

## Origin

Borrowed from Latin administrātor, literally "he that is near to attend." It is a doublet of administrador.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/administrator (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).