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administer to manage, execute, or be in charge of. [1/5 definitions]
administration those in charge of directing or managing, considered collectively. [1/3 definitions]
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 and is often in charge of a diocese or of a number of churches. [1/2 definitions]
cellarer one who is in charge of the supply of food and drink at a monastery or the like.
chamberlain an official in charge of receiving fees for a municipality; treasurer. [1/3 definitions]
chef a skilled or professional cook, esp. one 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 (often caps.) the person in charge of all the armed forces of a nation. [2 definitions]
commanding being in charge; having command. [1/3 definitions]
commanding officer a military officer in charge of a unit or installation.
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.
Gov. abbreviation of "Governor," (chiefly British) a person who is in charge of a particular organization or institution. [1/2 definitions]
governor (chiefly British) a person who is in charge of a particular organization or institution. [1/2 definitions]
headwaiter one who oversees the other waiters in a restaurant and often is in charge of reservations and seating.