executor
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English
Alternative forms
- executour (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle English executour, from Anglo-Norman executour, from Latin execūtor, agent noun of exequor.
Pronunciation
- (of a will): IPA(key): /ɪɡˈzɛkjʊtɚ/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
- (other senses): IPA(key): /ɪɡˈzɛkjʊtɚ/, /ˈɛɡzɪˌkjuːtɚ/
Noun
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 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life of Henry the Fift”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies (First Folio), London: Isaac Iaggard, and Ed Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, , line 203:
- The sad-eyed justice, with his surly hum, / Delivering o'er to executors pale / The lazy yawning drone.
Usage notes
- In a law context, the female executrix is sometimes used.
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
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
Portuguese
Pronunciation
Noun
executor m (plural executores)
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French exécuteur, from Latin executor.
Adjective
executor m or n (feminine singular executoare, masculine plural executori, feminine and neuter plural executoare)
Declension
Declension of executor
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |||