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someone who manages a government agency or department

persons who administer the law

a person responsible for the administration of a business

someone who manages a government agency or department

persons who administer the law

a person responsible for the administration of a business

An impersonal title of the chief magistrate or officer who administers the government, whether king, president, or governor; the governing person or body.

An impersonal title of the chief magistrate or officer who administers the government, whether king, president, or governor; the governing person or body.

Pertaining to the governing body; administrative; active; efficient in carrying out plans.

An official, or body, charged with carrying the laws into effect; the administrative branch of a government.

Having the quality of executing or performing; designed or fitted for execution or carrying into effect; as, executive power or authority, an executive officer: hence, in government, executive is used in distinction from legislative and judicial-the body that deliberates and enacts laws is legislative; the body that judges or applies the laws to particular cases is judicial; the body or person who carries the laws into effect, or superintends the enforcement of them, is executive.

The officer, whether king, president, or other chief magistrate, who superintends the execution of the laws: the person or persons who administer the government: executive power or authority in government: in the U. S. the President, the governors of States, the mayors of cities, etc.

Person or authority that executes the law.

That executes or carries into effect.

n. The officer, whether king, president, or other magistrate, who superintends the execution of the laws;—governmental power; the ministry.

Having the quality of executing or performing; active, not deliberative, not legislative, having the power to put in act the laws.