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executor vs. executrix

[ ig-zek-yuh-ter or, for 1, ek-si-kyoo-ter ]
noun
  1. a person who executes, carries out, or performs some duty, job, assignment, artistic work, etc.
  2. a person named in a decedent's will to carry out the provisions of that will.
[ ig-zek-yuh-triks ]
noun,
  1. a woman named in a decedent's will to carry out the provisions of that will.

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