executor

[ig-zek-yuh-ter or for 1, ek-si-kyoo-ter]

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noun

a person who executes, carries out, or performs some duty, job, assignment, artistic work, etc.
Law. a person named in a decedent's will to carry out the provisions of that will.

Origin of executor

1250–1300; Middle English executour < Latin execūtor, equivalent to execū(tus) (see execute) + -tor, -tor; replacing Middle English esecutor < Anglo-French essecutour < Latin, as above

Related formsex·ec·u·to·ri·al

[ig-zek-yuh-tawr-ee-uh l, -tohr-] /ɪgˌzɛk yəˈtɔr i əl, -ˈtoʊr-/, adjectiveex·ec·u·tor·ship, nounpre·ex·ec·u·tor, nounsub·ex·ec·u·tor, nounun·ex·ec·u·to·ri·al, adjective

Can be confusedexecutor trustee trusty

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Related Words for executor

administrator, agent, executrix, enforcer

Examples from the Web for executor

Contemporary Examples of executor

At that point an executor will be in charge of activating the service.
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March 1, 2013

Historical Examples of executor

She had absolute faith in this man, who besides was the executor of my father's will.
My Double Life
Sarah Bernhardt
As for yourself, you know that you represent the late Captain's executor.
One Of Them
Charles James Lever
A married woman can be executor, administrator, guardian or trustee.
The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume IV
Various
A married woman may act as executor, administrator or guardian.
The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume IV
Various
It was so agreeable to be on amicable terms with her father's executor.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, Number 360, October 1845
Various

British Dictionary definitions for executor

executor

noun

law a person appointed by a testator to carry out the wishes expressed in his will
a person who executes

Derived Formsexecutorial, adjectiveexecutorship, noun

Word Origin for executor

C13: from Anglo-French executour, from Latin execūtor, from ex- 1 + sequi follow

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Word Origin and History for executor

late 13c., from Anglo-French executour, from Latin executorem/exsecutorem, agent noun from exsequi/exsequi (see execution). Fem. form executrix is attested from late 14c.