In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.
executor
(noun) a person appointed by a testator to carry out the terms of the will
Source: WordNet® 3.1
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.
• 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
20 April 2024
(adjective) of an electrical system that uses or generates two or more alternating voltages of the same frequency but differing in phase angle
In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.