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administer to manage, take care of, or be in charge of. [1/3 definitions]
administration the people in charge of a group, organization, or business.
auctioneer one who is in charge of the sale of goods at auctions. [1/2 definitions]
bailiff a U.S. court attendant in charge of maintaining order and other minor matters. [1/2 definitions]
bawd a woman in charge of a brothel or whorehouse; madam. [1/2 definitions]
bishop a clergyman who holds a high position in certain Christian churches. A bishop is often in charge of a group of churches. [1/2 definitions]
cellarer one who is in charge of the supply of food and drink at a monastery or the like.
chairman a man who is in charge of a meeting or committee.
chairperson a person who is in charge of a meeting or committee.
chamberlain an official in charge of receiving fees for a municipality; treasurer. [1/3 definitions]
chef a cook in charge of a hotel or restaurant kitchen.
CO2 abbreviation of "commanding officer," a military officer in charge of a unit or installation.
collider in nuclear physics, a type of accelerator in which occurs the bombardment of certain charged particles by certain others, such as electrons and positrons; colliding-beam machine.
commander in chief the person in charge of all the armed forces of a country. In the United States the commander-in-chief is the president.
commanding being in charge; having command. [1/3 definitions]
commanding officer a military officer in charge of a unit or installation.
contractor a person who signs an agreement to carry out a particular job at a certain price and also to supply necessary things for the job. A contractor often hires, supervises, and pays other people to help or to do the work. A person in charge of building or repairing a house is often a contractor.
director a person who is in charge of interpreting the script of a film or play, and who directs the actors. [1/3 definitions]
electricity a physical phenomenon caused by the movement of certain charged particles such as electrons, esp. between points having different electrical charges, and seen in naturally occurring phenomena such as lightning and magnetic attraction and repulsion. [1/4 definitions]
equerry an officer in charge of the horses of a royal or noble family. [1/2 definitions]
funeral director one who is in charge of a funeral home; undertaker; mortician.