administratorship

noun

1. a person who manages or has a talent for managing.
2. Law. a person appointed by a court to take charge of the estate of a decedent, but not appointed in the decedent’s will.
3. Also called Informal, admin. Computers.
   1. 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 system operator.
   2. 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.
   3. a user account on a home computer accessible only by the user who manages the computer system.Compare root¹(def 11b).
   4. a user who has access to this user account.

noun

1. a person who administers the affairs of an organization, official body, etc
2. property law a person authorized to manage an estate, esp when the owner has died intestate or without having appointed executors
3. 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.