literary executor
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noun
a person entrusted with the publishable works and other papers of a deceased author.
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Origin of literary executor
First recorded in 1865–70
Words nearby literary executor
literalize, literally, literal-minded, literary, literary agent, literary executor, literate, literati, literatim, literation, literator
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