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Noun

  1. A person having administrative or managerial authority in an organization

      1. A device that displays graphical information concerning the targets of a weapons system in real time.
      2. An electronic device that continually calculates and displays information used for firing weapons at moving targets, such as missiles or aircraft.
      3. A member of a group of persons chosen to control or govern the affairs of an institution or corporation.
      1. The branch of government charged with putting into effect a country's laws and the administering of its functions.
      2. A person or group having administrative or managerial authority in an organization.
      3. The chief officer of a government, state, or political division.
      1. In a school or college, a student in charge of the equipment and records of a team under the supervision of a coach
      2. (--- Baseball) The person in overall charge of a team and its strategy during games, practice sessions, etc.
      3. One who is in charge of the business affairs of an entertainer.
      1. A police officer or constable
      2. Anyone elected or appointed to an office or position of authority in a government, business, institution, society, etc.
      3. A person appointed to a position of authority in the armed forces; specif., commissioned officer
      1. (Sports) A referee or umpire.
      2. One who holds an office or position, especially one who acts in a subordinate capacity for an institution such as a corporation or governmental agency.
      3. A person holding office, esp. public office
      1. (Law) Abbreviation of executive.
      2. The executive officer of a unit of the armed forces.
      3. An executive officer
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Another word for administrator

Noun
      1. A person or group having administrative or managerial authority in an organization.
      2. The branch of government charged with putting into effect a country's laws and the administering of its functions.
      3. The chief officer of a government, state, or political division.
      1. A device that displays graphical information concerning the targets of a weapons system in real time.
      2. One who directs; the person in charge of managing a department or directorate (e.g., director of engineering), project, or production (as in a show or film, e.g., film director).
      3. A member of a board chosen to direct the affairs of a corporation or institution
      1. A person who manages
      2. In a school or college, a student in charge of the equipment and records of a team under the supervision of a coach
      3. One who is in charge of the business affairs of an entertainer.
      1. The length or height of such a part:
      2. The side of a coin having the principal design, often the profile of a political leader's head.
      3. A person who leads, rules, or is in charge; a leader, chief, or director:
      1. One who is in charge of a particular department or unit, as in a governmental agency or school system.
      2. In certain school systems, an official in charge of the courses of study for a particular subject and of all teachers of that subject
      3. A person who supervises; superintendent; manager; director
      1. The chief officer of a branch of government, corporation, board of trustees, university, or similar body.
      2. In parliamentary governments, the formal head, usually the presiding member of the legislative assembly or council
      3. The chief executive of a republic having no prime minister
      1. An officer ranking next below a president, usually empowered to assume the president's duties under conditions such as absence, illness, or death.
      2. A deputy to a president, especially in a corporation, in charge of a specific department or location:
      3. The elected officer in the U.S. government who acts as president of the Senate and succeeds to the Presidency in the event of the President's death, incapacity, or removal
      1. A person whose work is keeping records, taking care of correspondence and other writing tasks, etc. as for an individual in a business office
      2. An official in charge of a department of government
      3. An official who presides over an administrative department of state.
      1. The head of a corporation's treasury department.
      2. One who has charge of funds or revenues, especially the chief financial officer of a government, corporation, or association.
      3. A person in charge of a treasure or treasury; specif., an officer in charge of the funds or finances, as of a government, corporation, or society
      1. A secretary, as in a corporation, having administrative duties
      1. The President of the U.S.
      2. Chief executive officer.
      3. A principal executive official, such as the leader of a nation's government or the governor of a state.
      1. Initialism of chief executive officer.
      1. (Business) The highest-ranking corporate officer or executive officer of a corporation, company, or agency, responsible for carrying out the policies of the board of directors on a day-to-day basis; CEO
      1. The highest executive officer within a governmental, statutory, NGO, third sector or not-for-profit institution. In reference to government, the executive officer below the minister of the department.
      1. A seat carried about on poles; a sedan chair.
      2. A person who holds an office or a position of authority, such as one who presides over a meeting or administers a department of instruction at a college; a chairperson.
      3. A seat of office, authority, or dignity, such as that of a bishop.
      1. The presiding officer of an assembly, meeting, committee, or board.
      2. A person who presides at a meeting or heads a committee, board, etc.
      3. The head of a corporate or governmental board of directors, a committee, or other formal entity.
      1. An official of a school, college, or university, esp. one in charge of students, faculty, or a division of studies
      2. The senior member of a particular group
      3. The senior member of a body or group:
      1. One who is in charge of official records.
      2. A college or university official responsible for registering students, maintaining their records, etc.
      3. An officer of a corporation responsible for maintaining records of ownership of its securities.
      1. An official in charge of funds, as at a college or university; a treasurer.
      1. (Educ.) The head of any of certain colleges in the British Isles
      2. The chief magistrate of certain Scottish cities.
      3. The chief magistrate of a Scottish burgh
      1. (Music) Any of the principal open stops of an organ
      2. A person having a leading or starring role in a performance, such as the first player in a section of an orchestra.
      3. A chief; head
      1. A professional politician who controls a party or a political machine.
      2. A person in authority over employees, as an employer, a manager, or a foreman
      3. A person who controls a political machine or organization, as in a county
      1. One who is highest in rank or authority; a leader.
      2. A chief petty officer.
      3. The head or leader of a group, organization, etc.; person of highest title or authority
      1. A janitor or custodian in a building, especially in an apartment house.
      2. A person in charge of a department, institution, etc.; director; supervisor
      3. A person responsible for the maintenance of a building; custodian
      1. A person appointed by the head of a government to take charge of some department
      2. A diplomatic officer sent to a foreign nation to represent his or her government, usually ranking below an ambassador
      3. A high officer of state appointed to head an executive or administrative department of government.
      1. An official of a bureaucracy.
      2. An official who is rigidly devoted to the details of administrative procedure.
      3. An official in a bureaucracy, esp. one who follows a routine in a mechanical, unimaginative way, insisting on proper forms, petty rules, etc.
      1. An official agent with a special mission
      2. An unofficial representative:
      3. A diplomatic official of the highest rank appointed and accredited as representative in residence by one government or sovereign to another, usually for a specific length of time.
      1. One who has influence or power, especially of a political nature.
      2. The principal performer in an orchestral section or a group.
      3. A person or thing that leads; directing, commanding, or guiding head, as of a group or activity
      1. An official appointed to govern a colony or territory.
      2. The manager or administrative head of an organization, business, or institution.
      3. The elected head of any state of the U.S.
      1. One that controls:
      2. An officer who audits accounts and supervises the financial affairs of a corporation or of a governmental body.
      3. The chief accounting officer with responsibility for internal auditing, as in a business, government (usually sp. comptroller), or institution
      1. Any of the three chief magistrates of the French Republic from 1799 to 1804.
      2. Either of the two chief magistrates of the Roman Republic, elected for a term of one year.
      3. An official appointed by a government to reside in a foreign country and represent his or her government's commercial interests and assist its citizens there.
      1. A person who tries to control public opinion.
      2. The head of a commissariat in the Soviet Union until 1946.
      3. A representative of the government or communist party in the U.S.S.R., responsible for political orientation, esp. in a military unit
      1. The chief executive officer of a Canadian province
      2. Any chief official
      3. The chief minister of an Australian state
      1. A surname​.
      2. The head of government of a city, town, borough, or municipal corporation.
      3. The elected or appointed head of a municipal government, usually the chief administrative official but sometimes a largely ceremonial figure having little executive authority
      1. (Embryology) Any portion of a developing embryo, or any substance produced by it, capable of inducing differentiation in other portions
      2. A labor-union official whose work is enlisting new members
      3. A person who arranges the details of a public event
      1. (Sports) A referee or umpire.
      2. One who holds an office or position, especially one who acts in a subordinate capacity for an institution such as a corporation or governmental agency.
      3. A person holding office, esp. public office
      1. Used as a title for a man who serves as the head or presiding officer of certain societies, clubs, orders, or institutions.
      2. (--- Old-fashioned) A man who is head of a household or institution
      3. A man who owns a pack of hounds or is the chief officer of a hunt.
      1. (U.S. Navy) An officer ranking above a lieutenant commander and below a captain
      2. A naval officer whose rank is above that of a lieutenant commander and below that of captain.
      3. The chief commissioned officer of a military unit regardless of his or her rank.
      1. A commissioned rank in the US Army, Air Force, or Marine Corps that is above first lieutenant and below major.
      2. A chief or leader
      3. A precinct commander in a police or fire department, usually ranking above a lieutenant and below a chief.
      1. (Newspapers) A British daily national newspaper.
      2. A person legally placed in charge of the affairs of a minor or of a person of unsound mind
      3. (Law) One who is legally responsible for the care and management of the person or property of an incompetent or minor.
      1. A person who has the custody or care of something, as of a private library; caretaker; keeper
      2. One that has charge of something; a caretaker:
      3. A person or firm having a legal duty to protect and, often, manage specified assets of an individual or group
      1. A person to whom property is legally committed in trust, to be applied either for the benefit of specified individuals, or for public uses; one who is intrusted with property for the benefit of another; also, a person in whose hands the effects of another are attached in a trustee process.
      2. A nation under whose authority a trust territory is placed
      3. A member of a board elected or appointed to direct the funds and policy of an institution.
      1. A supervisor or superintendent.
      2. One who watches over and directs the work of others, especially laborers.
      1. One who has influence or power, especially of a political nature.
      2. The principal performer in an orchestral section or a group.
      3. A person or thing that leads; directing, commanding, or guiding head, as of a group or activity
      1. A fire department officer in charge of prevention of fires, as in public buildings
      2. A person who inspects; official examiner; overseer
      3. An officer on a police force, ranking next below a superintendent or police chief
      1. A manager or producer in the entertainment industry, especially music or theatre.
      2. The organizer, manager, or director of an opera or ballet company, concert series, etc.
      3. One who sponsors or produces entertainment, especially the director of an opera company.
      1. A person who supervises a recording session and then determines the final sound of the recording mix
      2. One that produces, especially a person or organization that produces goods or services for sale.
      3. A person who supervises and controls the administrative, financial, and commercial aspects of staging a show or performance or of creating and distributing a movie or audio recording.
      1. (Jewish History) Any of the governing leaders of the Israelites after Joshua and before the time of the kings
      2. One appointed to decide the winners of a contest or competition.
      3. An elected or appointed public official with authority to hear and decide cases in a court of law
      1. Alternative form of pencil pusher.
      2. (Informal) A person with a job characterized by monotonous paperwork
      3. (Idiomatic, often derogatory) One who does routine office work; someone involved mainly in paperwork.
      1. (Slang) A person regarded as important or influential
      2. (Idiomatic) A person with a reputation of importance or power.
      1. The management or administration, as of a company
      2. The executive or policymaking officers of an organization.
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  • In case of failure in the line of succession an administrator was appointed by the state.

  • In 1436 we find him one of the canons of Cracow and the administrator of Olesnicki's vast estates.

  • appointed guardian of his son Henry, and administrator of Austria.

  • He was an able administrator, but wanting in self-control.

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