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The definition of an executor is a person who does or makes something, or someone who is named to carry out the details of a will.

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An example of an executor is the person who divides the property between family members after a relative dies.

See executor in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

a person who gets something done or produced
a person appointed to carry out the provisions and directions in a testator's will

Origin: ME executour < OFr & ML executor, both < L executus, exsecutus, pp. of exequi, exsequi, to follow up, pursue < ex-, intens. + sequi, to follow: see sequent

Related Forms:

executorial adjective

See executor in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

A person who carries out or performs something.
Law A person who is appointed by a testator to execute the testator's will.

Related Forms:

ex·ecˌu·toˈri·al (-tôrˈē-əl, -tōrˈ-) adjective

ex·ecˈu·tor·shipˌ noun

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