• Executor

    Alternative forms

    Origin

    From Anglo-Norman executour, from Latin executor, agent noun of exequor.

    Noun

    executor

    (plural executors)
    1. A person who carries out some task.
    2. (legal) Someone appointed by a testator to administer a will; an administrator.
    3. (obsolete) An executioner.
      • 1599, William Shakespeare, , I. ii. 203:The sad-eyed justice, with his surly hum,
        Delivering o'er to executors pale
        The lazy yawning drone.
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