executor
pronunciation
How to pronounce executor in British English:
UK [ɪgˈzekjətə(r)]
How to pronounce executor in American English:
US [ɪɡˈzɛkjətɚ, ˈɛksɪˌkjutɚ]
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- Noun:
- a person appointed by a testator to carry out the terms of the will
Word Origin
- executor (n.)
- c. 1300, "person appointed to see that a will is carried into effect," from Anglo-French executour, from Latin executorem/exsecutorem, agent noun from exsequi/exsequi "follow after; carry out, accomplish" (see execution). Fem. form executrix is attested from late 14c. (executrice). Compare executioner, and also executant "one who does or performs" (especially a musical performer), from 1858; executer "one who performs" (1530s).
Example
- 1. The student is the designer and executor of the project .
- 2. The man named his lawyer as his executor .
- 3. Testator may appoint a testamentary executor .
- 4. Last week , his cousin ivan nabokov described to the observer the executor 's anguish .
- 5. They ask a trustworthy friend of theirs to be the executor .