executant

[ig-zek-yuh-tuhnt]

noun

1. a person who executes or performs, especially musically.

adjective

1. of or relating to a performer, especially a musician.

2. performing, especially in public.

executant

/ ɪɡˈzɛkjʊtənt /

noun

1. a performer, esp of musical works

Word History and Origins

Origin of executant¹

From the French word exécutant, dating back to 1855–60. See execute, -ant

Example Sentences

He also anticipated the modern dance of today in the generous way he announced in the 1938 program that this work’s solos were choreographed by their own original executants.

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More than a century ago, the German Romantic writer ETA Hoffman wrote, in his story “Automata”: “Yet the coldest and most unfeeling executant will always be far in advance of the most perfect machines.”

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But neither characterization nor storytelling made much of an impression, and though, in her Odile, they did, Ms. Copeland remains a pleasant but immature executant of that double role.

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The young executants are all officially admirable; but the choreography presents them as stuffed shirts.

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As the steps grow showier, the executants change from children to adults and so to stars.

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