executor

Meaning

  1. A person who carries out some task.
  2. A component of a system that executes or runs something.
  3. Someone appointed by a testator to administer their estate in accordance with their will; an administrator.
  4. (obsolete) An executioner.

Synonyms

executive program

monitor routine

executable program

executive routine

master routine

steering routine

execute component

action element

administrator of a will

Translations

esecutore testamentario

exécuteur testamentaire

testamenteiro

executeur

εκτελεστής διαθήκης

Frequency

25k
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ɪɡˈzɛkjʊtɚ/
Etymology

In summary

From Middle English executour, from Anglo-Norman executour, from Latin execūtor, agent noun of exequor.

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