executor
English edit
Alternative forms edit
- executour (obsolete)
Etymology edit
From Middle English executour, from Anglo-Norman executour, from Latin execūtor, agent noun of exequor.
Pronunciation edit
- (of a will): IPA(key): /ɪɡˈzɛkjʊtɚ/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
- (other senses): IPA(key): /ɪɡˈzɛkjʊtɚ/, /ˈɛɡzɪˌkjuːtɚ/
Noun edit
executor (plural executors)
- A person who carries out some task.
- (computing) A component of a system that executes or runs something.
- 2014, Robert Kowalski, Thom Frühwirth, Logic for Problem Solving, Revisited, page 114:
- When searching for a solution is unnecessary, then the program executor "doesn't care" which solution is generated nor how it is obtained.
- (law) Someone appointed by a testator to administer their estate in accordance with their will; an administrator.
- literary executor
- (obsolete) An executioner.
- 1599, William Shakespeare, “The Life of Henry the Fift”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene ii], line 203:
- The sad-eyed justice, with his surly hum, / Delivering o'er to executors pale / The lazy yawning drone.
Usage notes edit
- In a law context, the female executrix is sometimes used.
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Translations edit
one who carries out some task
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someone appointed by a testator to administer a will
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Further reading edit
Portuguese edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
executor m (plural executores)
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French exécuteur, from Latin executor.
Adjective edit
executor m or n (feminine singular executoare, masculine plural executori, feminine and neuter plural executoare)
Declension edit
Declension of executor
singular | plural | ||||||
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masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
nominative/ accusative |
indefinite | executor | executoare | executori | executoare | ||
definite | executorul | executoarea | executorii | executoarele | |||
genitive/ dative |
indefinite | executor | executoare | executori | executoare | ||
definite | executorului | executoarei | executorilor | executoarelor |