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executor

noun
/ɪɡˈzɛkjʊtɚ/

Etymology

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

  1. derived from exsecūtor
  2. derived from executour
  3. inherited from executour

Definitions

  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.

  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.

  3. Someone appointed by a testator to administer their estate in accordance with their will

    Someone appointed by a testator to administer their estate in accordance with their will; an administrator.

    • literary executor
  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. An executioner.

      • The sad-eyed justice, with his surly hum, / Delivering o'er to executors pale / The lazy yawning drone.

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Derived

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

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA