WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
ex•ec•u•tor /ɪgˈzɛkyətɚ/USA pronunciation
n. [countable]
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026- Lawa person who is named to carry out the terms of a will.
ex•ec•u•tor
(ig zek′yə tər or, for 1, ek′si kyo̅o̅′tər),USA pronunciation n.
ex•ec•u•to•ri•al
(ig zek′yə tôr′ē əl, -tōr′-),USA pronunciation adj.
ex•ec′u•tor•ship′, n.
- a person who executes, carries out, or performs some duty, job, assignment, artistic work, etc.
- Lawa person named in a decedent's will to carry out the provisions of that will.
- Latin, as above
- Anglo-French essecutour
- Latin execūtor, equivalent. to execū(tus) (see execute) + -tor, -tor; replacing Middle English esecutor
- 1250–1300; Middle English executour
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