executor

[ ig-zek-yuh-ter or, for 1, ek-si-kyoo-ter ]
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noun
  1. a person who executes, carries out, or performs some duty, job, assignment, artistic work, etc.

  2. Law. a person named in a decedent's will to carry out the provisions of that will.

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Origin of executor

1
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

Other words from executor

  • ex·ec·u·to·ri·al [ig-zek-yuh-tawr-ee-uhl, -tohr-], /ɪgˌzɛk yəˈtɔr i əl, -ˈtoʊr-/, adjective
  • ex·ec·u·tor·ship, noun
  • pre·ex·ec·u·tor, noun
  • sub·ex·ec·u·tor, noun
  • un·ex·ec·u·to·ri·al, adjective

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British Dictionary definitions for executor

executor

/ (ɪɡˈzɛkjʊtə) /


noun
  1. law a person appointed by a testator to carry out the wishes expressed in his will

  2. a person who executes

Origin of executor

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

Derived forms of executor

  • executorial, adjective
  • executorship, noun

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