Dictionary

testator en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈtɛˌsteɪ.tɚ/ (General-American)
• /tɛsˈteɪ.tɚ/

Etymology

From Latin testator (“one who makes a will, in Late Latin also one who bears witness”), from testari (“to bear witness, make a will”). See testament.

Meanings

1. One who makes or has made a legally valid will.
   • […] there is an exception “in the cases of heir and executor, who may plead a release to the ancestor or testator whom they respectively represent; so also with respect to several tortfeasors, for in all these cases there is a privity between the parties which constitutes an identity of person”. 1881, Oliver Wendell Holmes, The Common Law:
   • As it is, knowing that the testator was a gentleman of the highest intelligence and acumen, and that he has absolutely no relations living to whom he could have confided the guardianship of the child, we do not feel justified in taking this course. 1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC:

Forms

Antonyms

intestate

Deriveds

testatorship

Relateds

testatrix · testify · testimony · executor · testament · testimonial

Synonyms

devisor · testamentor · legator

Translations (39)

es testador (One who makes or has made a legally valid will) · pl testator (One who makes or has made a legally valid will) · la lēgātor (One who makes or has made a legally valid will) · fi testamenttaaja (One who makes or has made a legally valid will) · sv testator (One who makes or has made a legally valid will) · nb arvelater (One who makes or has made a legally valid will) · uk спадкода́виця (One who makes or has made a legally valid will) · ru наследода́тель (One who makes or has made a legally valid will) · io testamentinto (One who makes or has made a legally valid will) · el διαθέτης (One who makes or has made a legally valid will) · ru завеща́тель (One who makes or has made a legally valid will) · it testatore (One who makes or has made a legally valid will) · es testadora (One who makes or has made a legally valid will) · fr testatrice (One who makes or has made a legally valid will) · uk спадкода́вець (One who makes or has made a legally valid will) · pl spadkodawczyni (One who makes or has made a legally valid will) · uk запові́да́чка (One who makes or has made a legally valid will) · ca testador (One who makes or has made a legally valid will) · eo testamentanto (One who makes or has made a legally valid will) · io testamentanto (One who makes or has made a legally valid will) · de Erblasserin (One who makes or has made a legally valid will) · cy ewyllysiwr (One who makes or has made a legally valid will) · ga tiomnóir (One who makes or has made a legally valid will) · nb testator (One who makes or has made a legally valid will) · uk запові́да́ч (One who makes or has made a legally valid will) · ja 遺言者 (One who makes or has made a legally valid will) · la testātor (One who makes or has made a legally valid will) · de Erblasser (One who makes or has made a legally valid will) · pl spadkodawca (One who makes or has made a legally valid will) · fi perittävä (One who makes or has made a legally valid will) · gv çhymneyder (One who makes or has made a legally valid will) · ru завеща́тельница (One who makes or has made a legally valid will) · ru наследода́тельница (One who makes or has made a legally valid will) · cs zůstavitel (One who makes or has made a legally valid will) · cmn 遺囑人 /遗嘱人 (One who makes or has made a legally valid will) · fr testateur (One who makes or has made a legally valid will) · mi kaitukuwira (One who makes or has made a legally valid will) · nl erflater (One who makes or has made a legally valid will) · ca testadora (One who makes or has made a legally valid will)