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