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Webster 1913 Edition
Executor
1.
One who executes or performs; a doer;
as, an
. executor
of basenessShak.
2.
An executioner.
[Obs.]
Delivering o’er to
The lazy, yawning drone.
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.
Definition 2024
executor
executor
English
Alternative forms
- executour (obsolete)
Noun
executor (plural executors)
- A person who carries out some task.
- (law) Someone appointed by a testator to administer a will; an administrator.
- (obsolete) An executioner.
- 1599, William Shakespeare, The Life of Henry the Fifth, I. ii. 203:
- The sad-eyed justice, with his surly hum, / Delivering o'er to executors pale / The lazy yawning drone.
- 1599, William Shakespeare, The Life of Henry the Fifth, I. ii. 203:
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Translations
one who carries out some task
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someone appointed by a testator to administer a will
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