Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (3)
1. someone who administers a business;
[syn: administrator, decision maker]
2. the party appointed by a probate court to distribute the estate of someone who dies without a will or without naming an executor;
3. someone who manages a government agency or department;
[syn: administrator, executive]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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]Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
29 Moby Thesaurus words for "administrator": academic dean, administration, agent, chancellor, conductor, dean, dean of men, dean of women, deputy, directeur, director, exec, governor, headmaster, headmistress, impresario, intendant, manager, master, officer, official, president, principal, producer, provost, rector, responsible person, supercargo, vice-chancellor

