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One to whom anything is addressed.

One who adduces.

One who held the real presence of Christ's body in the eucharist, but not by transubstantiation.

One who adheres; one who adheres; one who follows a leader, party, or profession; a follower, or partisan; a believer in a particular faith or church.

One who adheres; an adherent.

One of the German Protestants who, with Melanchthon, held some opinions and ceremonies to be indifferent or nonessential, which Luther condemned as sinful or heretical. Murdock.

Relating to procedure. "The whole English law, substantive and adjective." Macaulay.

One who adjudges.

One who adjudicates.

One who, or that which, is joined.

The form of oath or appeal. Persons who . . . made use of prayer and adjurations. Addison.

One who adjures.

One who, or that which, adjusts.

A regimental staff officer, who assists the colonel, or commanding officer of a garrison or regiment, in the details of regimental and garrison duty. Adjutant general (a) (Mil.), the principal staff officer of an army, through whom the commanding general receives communications and issues military orders. In the U. S.…

One who admeasures.

To settle, as the estate of one who dies without a will, or whose will fails of an executor.

One who administers.

The executive part of government; the persons collectively who are intrusted with the execution of laws and the superintendence of public affairs; the chief magistrate and his cabinet or council; or the council, or ministry, alone, as in Great Britain. A mild and popular administration. Macaulay. The administration has…

One who administers affairs; one who directs, manages, executes, or dispenses, whether in civil, judicial, political, or ecclesiastical affairs; a manager.

A woman who administers; esp., one who administers the estate of an intestate, or to whom letters of administration have been granted; a female administrator.