Dictionary

executant en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ɪɡˈzɛkjʊtənt/

Etymology

From French exécutant. By surface analysis, execute + -ant.

Meanings

1. A person who executes a dance or piece of music; a performer.
   • […] no composer or dramatic poet has ever pretended to be able to perform all the parts he writes for the singers, actors and players who are his executants. 1987, Bernard Shaw, Back to Methuselah:
2. A person who puts something into action, such as a plan or design.
   • Also of importance are the other theatricians - the costume designer and/or executant, the lighting designer and/or executant, the technical director, […] 1991, Olusola Aderounmu, Jibola Dedenuola, Management and problems of media practices in Nigeria, page 120:
   • After all, Cave speaks about orders being so manifestly illegal that the person carrying them out must or ought to have been aware of their unlawfulness. From this alone, one can draw the conclusion that, if the executant of the order actually knows of its unlawfulness, he ought to be convicted, no matter whether the order is or, as in John Doe's case, is not manifestly illegal. 2012, Yoram Dinstein, The Defence of 'Obedience to Superior Orders' in International Law:

Forms

Deriveds

coexecutant