EXECUTOR

executor

(noun) a person appointed by a testator to carry out the terms of the will

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

executor (plural executors)

A person who carries out some task.

(computing) A component of a system that executes or runs something.

(legal) Someone appointed by a testator to administer a will; an administrator.

(obsolete) An executioner.

Usage notes

• In a law context, the female executrix is sometimes used.

Source: Wiktionary


Ex*ec"u*tor, n. Etym: [L. executor, exsecutor: cf. F. exécuteur. Cf. Executer.]

1. One who executes or performs; a doer; as, an executor of baseness. Shak.

2. An executioner. [Obs.] Delivering o'er to executors pa . . . The lazy, yawning drone. Shak.

3. (Law)

Definition: The person appointed by a Executor de son tort Etym: [Of., executor of his own wrong] (Law), a stranger who intermeddles without authority in the distribution of the estate of a deceased person.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

10 January 2025

INTERSPERSION

(noun) the act of combining one thing at intervals among other things; “the interspersion of illustrations in the text”


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