literary executor

noun

a person entrusted with the publishable works and other papers of a deceased author.

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Nearby words

literality, literalize, literally, literary, literary agent, literary executor, literate, literately, literati, literatim, literation

Origin of literary executor

First recorded in 1865–70

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