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Webster 1913 Edition


Executor

Ex-ec′u-tor

,
Noun.
[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
paw[GREEK]
The lazy, yawning drone.
Shakespeare
3.
(Law)
The person appointed by a testator to execute his will, or to see its provisions carried into effect, after his decease.
‖Executor de son tort
[Of., executor of his own wrong]
(Law)
,
a stranger who intermeddles without authority in the distribution of the estate of a deceased person.

Webster 1828 Edition


Executor

EXEC'UTOR

,
Noun.
The person appointed by a testator to execute his will, or to see it carried into effect.

Definition 2024


executor

executor

English

Alternative forms

Noun

executor (plural executors)

  1. A person who carries out some task.
  2. (law) Someone appointed by a testator to administer a will; an administrator.
  3. (obsolete) An executioner.

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Portuguese

Noun

executor m (plural executores)

  1. executor