administrator
NounWordNet 3.0
Noun (3)
- someone who administers a businessSynonyms: decision maker
- the party appointed by a probate court to distribute the estate of someone who dies without a will or without naming an executor
- someone who manages a government agency or departmentSynonyms: executive
Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)
Administrator \Ad*min`is*tra"tor\, n. [L.]
1.One who administers affairs; one who directs, manages, executes, or dispenses, whether in civil, judicial, political, or ecclesiastical affairs; a manager. [1913 Webster]
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. [1913 Webster]