Administratorship
a person who manages or has a talent for managing.
law. a person appointed by a court to take charge of the estate of a decedent, but not appointed in the decedent’s will.
also called informal, admin. computers.
a person who manages and supports a computer system or network, as in a business or other organization:
the company’s system administrator; a database administrator.
compare .
a person who determines the site policies, appoints moderators, and manages the technical operation of an internet message board or other interactive website:
a forum administrator.
a user account on a home computer accessible only by the user who manages the computer system.
compare 1 (def 11b).
a user who has access to this user account.
historical examples
brother howell -ssumes it; brother hodgkins, in asking you to exclude him from the administratorship, also -ssumes it.
the incendiary w. a. (william augustine) leahy
by the influence of his family he secured in 1616 his election to the bishopric or administratorship of halberstadt.
the thirty years’ war samuel rawson gardiner
noun
a person who administers the affairs of an organization, official body, etc
(property law) a person authorized to manage an estate, esp when the owner has died intestate or without having appointed executors
a person who manages a computer system
n.
mid-15c., from middle french administrateur or directly from latin administrator “a manager, conductor,” agent noun from past participle stem of administrare (see administer). estate sense is earliest. for ending, see -er.
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