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Margrave vs Administrator - What's the difference?

margrave | administrator |

As nouns the difference between margrave and administrator

is that margrave is a feudal era military-administrative officer of comital rank in the carolingian empire and some successor states, originally in charge of a border area while administrator is one who administers affairs; one who directs, manages, executes, or dispenses, whether in civil, judicial, political, or ecclesiastical affairs; a manager.

margrave

Noun

(en noun)
  • A feudal era military-administrative officer of comital rank in the Carolingian empire and some successor states, originally in charge of a border area.
  • * 1973': Among pulverised heads of stone '''margraves and electors, reconnoitering a likely-looking cabbage patch, all of a sudden Slothrop picks up the scent of an unmistakable no it can’t be yes it is it’s a REEFER! — Thomas Pynchon, ''Gravity’s Rainbow
  • A hereditary ruling prince in certain feudal states of the Holy Roman Empire and elsewhere; the titular equivalent became known as marquis or marquess.
  • * 1516': The '''Margrave of Bruges was their head. — Thomas More, ''Utopia , Chapter 1.
  • Derived terms

    (terms derived from margrave) * margravate * margravial * margraviate * margravine

    administrator

    English

    Alternative forms

    * administratour (obsolete)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One who administers affairs; one who directs, manages, executes, or dispenses, whether in civil, judicial, political, or ecclesiastical affairs; a manager
  • (legal) A person 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
  • (computing) One who is responsible for software installation, management, information and maintenance of a computer or network
  • Synonyms

    * (one who administers affairs) chief, head, head man, controller, comptroller, foreman, organizer, overseer, superintendent, supervisor

    Derived terms

    * admin