2 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Executor \Ex*ec"u*tor\, n. [L. executor, exsecutor: cf F.
ex['e]cuteur. Cf {Executer}.]
1. One who executes or performs; a doer; as an executor of
baseness. --Shak.
2. An executioner. [Obs.]
Delivering o'er to executors paw? The lazy, yawning
drone. --Shak.
3. (Law) The person appointed by a testator to execute his
will or to see its provisions carried into effect, after
his decease.
{Executor de son tort} [Of., executor of his own wrong]
(Law), a stranger who intermeddles without authority in
the distribution of the estate of a deceased person.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
executor
n : a person appointed by a testator to carry out the terms of
the will
more about executor
browse words by letter
a
b
c
d
e
f
g
h
i
j
k
l
m
n
o
p
q
r
s
t
u
v
w
x
y
z
or search
thesauri
dictionary
search words
|
Lake Atitlan, Guatemala
|
