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executor en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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• /ɪɡˈzɛkjʊtɚ/ other senses
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• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈɛksɪˌkjuːtɚ/ other senses
• /ɪɡˈzɛkjʊtɚ/ of a will

Etymology

From Middle English executour, from Anglo-Norman executour, from Latin exsecūtor, agent noun of exsequor.

Meanings

1. A person who carries out some task.
   • This manner can no longer be considered "folk-song," yet neither can it be taken as "art-song," at least not conscious art, for the executors, the chazzanim, did not know of any theory of music and modulation. 1929, Abraham Zevi Idelsohn, Jewish Music: Its Historical Development, page 192:
2. A component of a system that executes or runs something.
   • When searching for a solution is unnecessary, then the program executor "doesn't care" which solution is generated nor how it is obtained. 2014, Robert Kowalski, Thom Frühwirth, Logic for Problem Solving, Revisited, page 114:
3. Someone appointed by a testator to administer their estate in accordance with their will; an administrator.
   • literary executor
   • Mary Ann Mead (executor of James Mead deceased,) of Aurora, Ia., for improvements in packing and pressing cotton. 1847, editorial staff, “Packing and Pressing Cotton”, in Scientific American, series 1, Volume 3, Issue 9, page 68:
4. (obsolete) An executioner.
   • The sad-eyed justice, with his surly hum, / Delivering o'er to executors pale / The lazy yawning drone. 1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life of Henry the Fift”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene ii], line 203:

Forms

Deriveds

executorship · executor de son tort · will executor · executry · dative executor · literary executor · coexecutor · subexecutor · nominate executor · executress

Relateds

execute · executrix

Translations (63)

ru душеприка́зчица (someone appointed by a testator to administer a will) · es albacea (someone appointed by a testator to administer a will) · gl compridor (someone appointed by a testator to administer a will) · sw mfanyi (one who carries out some task) · cmn 執行者 /执行者 (someone appointed by a testator to administer a will) · ro executor testamentar (someone appointed by a testator to administer a will) · pl wykonawca testamentu (someone appointed by a testator to administer a will) · mi kaiwhakaoti (one who carries out some task) · sw mrithishi (one who carries out some task) · cmn 執行者 /执行者 (one who carries out some task) · it esecutrice (one who carries out some task) · bg изпълнител (one who carries out some task) · pt testamenteiro (someone appointed by a testator to administer a will) · sw wasii (one who carries out some task) · es albacea (one who carries out some task) · ga seiceadóir (someone appointed by a testator to administer a will) · ru душеприка́зчик (someone appointed by a testator to administer a will) · fi pesänjakaja (someone appointed by a testator to administer a will) · uk викона́виця (one who carries out some task) · it esecutore (one who carries out some task) · pl wykonawczyni (one who carries out some task) · gl testamenteiro (someone appointed by a testator to administer a will) · sw mfanya (one who carries out some task) · mi kaiwhakaoti (wira) (someone appointed by a testator to administer a will) · ar مُنَفِّذ (one who carries out some task) · fi toteuttaja (one who carries out some task) · ro executor (one who carries out some task) · es ejecutor (one who carries out some task) · cy ysgutor (someone appointed by a testator to administer a will) · fr exécuteur (one who carries out some task) · fr exécutrice (one who carries out some task) · de Testamentsvollstrecker (someone appointed by a testator to administer a will) · ru исполни́тельница (one who carries out some task) · fi toimeenpanija (one who carries out some task) · fr exécuteur testamentaire (someone appointed by a testator to administer a will) · ga seiceadóir (one who carries out some task) · it esecutore testamentario (someone appointed by a testator to administer a will) · ar وَصِيّ (someone appointed by a testator to administer a will) · dsb wuwjeźaŕ testamenta (someone appointed by a testator to administer a will) · fr exécuteur (someone appointed by a testator to administer a will) · de Testamentsvollstreckerin (someone appointed by a testator to administer a will) · uk викона́вець (one who carries out some task) · nl testamentuitvoerder (someone appointed by a testator to administer a will) · gl testamenteiro (one who carries out some task) · pt executor testamentário (someone appointed by a testator to administer a will) · pl wykonawca (one who carries out some task) · nl executeur-testamentair (someone appointed by a testator to administer a will) · ar مُنْجِز (one who carries out some task) · ru исполни́тель (someone appointed by a testator to administer a will) · ro executoare (one who carries out some task) · pdt Väaminda (someone appointed by a testator to administer a will) · hu végrehajtó (one who carries out some task) · ru исполни́тельница (someone appointed by a testator to administer a will) · ja 執行者 (someone appointed by a testator to administer a will) · ar وَلِيّ (someone appointed by a testator to administer a will) · gl compridor (one who carries out some task) · gl cabeceiro (someone appointed by a testator to administer a will) · gl cabeceiro (one who carries out some task) · cy ysgutores (someone appointed by a testator to administer a will) · sw mtekelezaji (one who carries out some task) · ru исполни́тель (one who carries out some task) · sw mrithisha (one who carries out some task) · be выкана́ўца (one who carries out some task)