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Webster 1913 Edition


Testator

Tes-ta′tor

,
Noun.
[L.: cf. F.
testateur
.]
(Law)
A man who makes and leaves a will, or testament, at death.

Webster 1828 Edition


Testator

TESTA'TOR

,
Noun.
[L.] A man who makes and leaves a will or testament at death.

Definition 2024


testator

testator

English

Alternative forms

Noun

testator (plural testators)

  1. (law) One who dies having made a legally valid will.

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External links

  • testator in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
  • testator in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

Latin

Etymology

testor (I am witness, testify, attest; I make a will) + -ātor

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /tesˈtaː.tor/, [tɛsˈtaː.tɔr]

Noun

testātor m (genitive testātōris); third declension

  1. testator
  2. witness

Inflection

Third declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative testātor testātōrēs
genitive testātōris testātōrum
dative testātōrī testātōribus
accusative testātōrem testātōrēs
ablative testātōre testātōribus
vocative testātor testātōrēs

Verb

testātor

  1. second-person singular future active imperative of testor
  2. third-person singular future active imperative of testor

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