executor Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a person appointed by a testator to carry out the terms of the will

WordNet

Ex*ec"u*tor noun
Etymology
L. executor, exsecutor: cf. F. exécuteur. Cf. Executer.
Definitions
  1. One who executes or performs; a doer; as, an executor of baseness. Shak.
  2. An executioner. Obs.
    Delivering o'er to executors pa . . . The lazy, yawning drone. Shak.
  3. (Law) The person appointed by a to execute his will, or to see its provisions carried into effect, after his decease.

Webster 1913