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executor

5 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. executor (noun)
  2. executor-dative (noun)
  3. executor de son tort (noun)
  4. executor-nominate (noun)
  5. literary executor (noun)

ex·ec·u·tor

noun
\ig-ˈze-k(y)ə-tər or in sense 1 ˈek-sə-ˌkyü-\

Definition of EXECUTOR

1
a : one who executes something b obsolete : executioner
2
a : the person appointed by a testator to execute a will b : literary executor
— ex·ec·u·to·ri·al \ig-ˌze-k(y)ə-ˈtȯr-ē-əl\ adjective
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Examples of EXECUTOR

  1. He named his daughter as his executor.

Origin of EXECUTOR

Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin exsecutor, from exsequi
First Known Use: 13th century

Rhymes with EXECUTOR

coadjutor, instituter, motor scooter, persecutor, prosecutor, prostitutor, troubleshooter

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