executant
Americannoun
adjective
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of or relating to a performer, especially a musician.
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performing, especially in public.
noun
Etymology
Origin of executant
From the French word exécutant, dating back to 1855–60. See execute, -ant
Example Sentences
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Yet a ballerina is not just an executant; she is also a controlling force whose command of a ballet’s stage worlds and its internal dynamics register as thought.
From New York Times ● Jun. 3, 2010
In 1801 he returned to office, and until 1807 he was the executant of the disastrous policy of the court.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2 "Gloss" to "Gordon, Charles George" by Various
Sea-transport of troops and munitions of war has become a highly specialized business for naval directorate and mercantile executant alike.
From Merchantmen-at-arms : the British merchants' service in the war by David W. (David William) Bone
In thus developing that faculty we acquire something also, which, as executant musicians, gives us delightful influence over our fellows.
From Seed Thoughts for Singers by Frank Herbert Tubbs
Take so rough an executant as Hazlitt: "Harmer Hill stooped with all its pines, to listen to a poet, as he passed!"
From Aspects and Impressions by Edmund Gosse
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