executor
English
Alternative forms
- executour (obsolete)
Etymology
From Anglo-Norman executour, from Latin executor, agent noun of exequor.
Pronunciation
- (of a will): IPA(key): /ɪɡˈzɛkjʊtɚ/
- (other senses): IPA(key): /ɪɡˈzɛkjʊtɚ/, /ˈɛɡzɪˌkjuːtɚ/
Noun
executor (plural executors)
- A person who carries out some task.
- (law) Someone appointed by a testator to administer a will; an administrator.
- (obsolete) An executioner.
- 1599, William Shakespeare, The Life of Henry the Fifth, I. ii. 203:
- The sad-eyed justice, with his surly hum, / Delivering o'er to executors pale / The lazy yawning drone.
- 1599, William Shakespeare, The Life of Henry the Fifth, I. ii. 203:
Related terms
Translations
one who carries out some task
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someone appointed by a testator to administer a will
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Portuguese
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