executor

English

Alternative forms

executour (obsolete)

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman executour, from Latin executor, agent noun of exequor.

Pronunciation

(of a will): IPA^(key): /ɪɡˈzɛkjʊtɚ/
(other senses): IPA^(key): /ɪɡˈzɛkjʊtɚ/, /ˈɛɡzɪˌkjuːtɚ/

Noun

executor (plural executors)

A person who carries out some task.
(law) Someone appointed by a testator to administer a will; an administrator.
(obsolete) An executioner.
- 1599, William Shakespeare, The Life of Henry the Fifth, I. ii. 203:
  The sad-eyed justice, with his surly hum, / Delivering o'er to executors pale / The lazy yawning drone.

Related terms

Translations

one who carries out some task

Chinese:
Mandarin: 執行者 (zh), 执行者 (zh) (zhíxíngzhě)
Finnish: toimeenpanija (fi), toteuttaja (fi)
French: exécuteur (fr) m, exécutrice (fr) f
Hungarian: végrehajtó (hu)
Irish: seiceadóir m

Maori: kaiwhakaoti
Romanian: executor (ro)
Russian: исполни́тель (ru) m (ispolnítelʹ), исполни́тельница (ru) f (ispolnítelʹnica)
Spanish: albacea, ejecutor (es)
Swahili: mfanya, mfanyi, mrithisha, mrithishi, mtekelezaji, wasii

someone appointed by a testator to administer a will

Chinese:
Mandarin: 執行者 (zh), 执行者 (zh) (zhíxíngzhě)
Finnish: pesänjakaja
French: exécuteur (fr) m, exécuteur testamentaire m
German: Testamentsvollstrecker (de) m, Testamentsvollstreckerin f

Irish: seiceadóir m
Russian: душеприка́зчик (ru) (dušeprikázčik), душеприка́зчица (ru) f (dušeprikázčica), исполни́тель (ru) m (ispolnítelʹ), исполни́тельница (ru) f (ispolnítelʹnica)
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: wuwjeźaŕ testamenta m
Welsh: ysgutor m, ysgutores f

Portuguese

Noun

executor m (plural executores)

executor

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