executor
[ ig-zek-yuh-ter or for 1, ek-si-kyoo-ter ]
/ ɪgˈzɛk yə tər or for 1, ˈɛk sɪˌkyu tər /
noun
a person who executes, carries out, or performs some duty, job, assignment, artistic work, etc.
Law.
a person named in a decedent's will to carry out the provisions of that will.
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executor
/ (ɪɡˈzɛkjʊtə) /
noun
law
a person appointed by a testator to carry out the wishes expressed in his will
a person who executes
Derived forms of executor
executorial, adjective executorship, nounWord Origin for executor
C13: from Anglo-French
executour, from Latin
execūtor, from
ex-
1 +
sequi follow