executor

English

Alternative forms

• executour (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English executour, from Anglo-Norman executour, from Latin exsecūtor, agent noun of exsequor.

Pronunciation

• (of a will): IPA^(key): /ɪɡˈzɛkjʊtɚ/

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• (other senses): IPA^(key): /ˈɛksɪˌkjuːtɚ/, /ɪɡˈzɛkjʊtɚ/

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Noun

executor (plural executors)

1. A person who carries out some task.
2. (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.

3. (law) Someone appointed by a testator to administer their estate in accordance with their will; an administrator.

   literary executor

4. (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[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene ii], 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

• coexecutor
• dative executor
• executor de son tort
• executorship
• executress
• literary executor
• nominate executor
• subexecutor
• will executor

Related terms

• execute
• executrix

Translations

one who carries out some task

Arabic: مُنْجِز m (munjiz), مُنَفِّذ (ar) m (munaffiḏ) Belarusian: выкана́ўца m (vykanáwca) Bulgarian: изпълнител (bg) m (izpǎlnitel) Chinese: Mandarin: 執行者 / 执行者 (zh) (zhíxíngzhě) Finnish: toimeenpanija (fi), toteuttaja (fi) French: exécuteur (fr) m, exécutrice (fr) f Galician: compridor m, cabeceiro (gl) m, testamenteiro (gl) m Hungarian: végrehajtó (hu) Irish: seiceadóir m Italian: esecutore (it) m, esecutrice f Maori: kaiwhakaoti Polish: wykonawca (pl) m, wykonawczyni (pl) f Romanian: executor (ro) m, executoare f Russian: исполни́тель (ru) m (ispolnítelʹ), исполни́тельница (ru) f (ispolnítelʹnica) Spanish: albacea (es) m or f, ejecutor (es) m Swahili: mfanya, mfanyi, mrithisha, mrithishi, mtekelezaji, wasii Ukrainian: викона́вець m (vykonávecʹ), викона́виця f (vykonávycja)

someone appointed by a testator to administer a will

Arabic: وَصِيّ (ar) m or f (waṣiyy), وَلِيّ m (waliyy) Chinese: Mandarin: 執行者 / 执行者 (zh) (zhíxíngzhě) Dutch: (Netherlands) executeur-testamentair m, (Belgium) testamentuitvoerder m Finnish: pesänjakaja (fi) French: exécuteur (fr) m, exécuteur testamentaire m Galician: compridor m, cabeceiro (gl) m, testamenteiro (gl) m German: Testamentsvollstrecker (de) m, Testamentsvollstreckerin f Irish: seiceadóir m Italian: esecutore testamentario m Japanese: 執行者 (shikkōsha) Maori: kaiwhakaoti (wira) Plautdietsch: Väaminda m Polish: wykonawca testamentu m Portuguese: testamenteiro m, executor testamentário m Romanian: executor testamentar (ro) m Russian: душеприка́зчик (ru) (dušeprikázčik), душеприка́зчица (ru) f (dušeprikázčica), исполни́тель (ru) m (ispolnítelʹ), исполни́тельница (ru) f (ispolnítelʹnica) Sorbian: Lower Sorbian: wuwjeźaŕ testamenta m Spanish: albacea (es) m Welsh: ysgutor m, ysgutores f

Further reading

• executor on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /e.ze.kuˈtoʁ/ [e.ze.kuˈtoh]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /e.ze.kuˈtoʁ/ [e.ze.kuˈtoh]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /e.ze.kuˈtoɾ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /e.ze.kuˈtoʁ/ [e.ze.kuˈtoχ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /e.ze.kuˈtoɻ/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /i.zɨ.kuˈtoɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /i.zɨ.kuˈtoɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /i.zɨ.kuˈto.ɾi/

Noun

executor m (plural executores)

1. executor

Further reading

• “executor”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “executor”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French exécuteur, from Latin executor.

Adjective

executor m or n (feminine singular executoare, masculine plural executori, feminine/neuter plural executoare)

1. executory

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