1. (n.) One who directs or manages affairs\, executes, or dispenses, whether in civil, judicial, political, or ecclesiastical affairs; a manager.

2. (n.) A man 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.

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