executor
/ɪɡˈzɛkjʊtɚ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 2.97 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
4
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A person who carries out some task.
noun
Someone appointed by a testator to administer their estate in accordance with their will; an administrator.
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "When searching for a solution is unnecessary, then the program executor "doesn't care" which solution is generated nor how it is obtained."
- "literary executor"
- "Mary Ann Mead (executor of James Mead deceased,) of Aurora, Ia., for improvements in packing and pressing cotton."
- "The sad-eyed justice, with his surly hum, / Delivering o'er to executors pale / The lazy yawning drone."
Etymology
From Middle English executour, from Anglo-Norman executour, from Latin exsecūtor, agent noun of exsequor.
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Subject
Wiktionary places this term in Law.