testator

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Related terms 1.3.2 See also 1.3.3 Translations 1.3.4 External links

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[edit] Etymology

From Latin testator (“‘one who makes a will, in Late Latin also one who bears witness’”) < testari (“‘to bear witness, make a will’”); see testament.

[edit] Pronunciation

• (US) IPA: /tesˈteɪ.tɚ/, SAMPA: /tes"teI.t@(r)/

[edit] Noun

testator (plural testators)

1. (law) One who dies having made a legally valid will.

[edit] Related terms

• testament
• testatrix
• testify
• testimonial
• testimony

[edit] See also

• executor

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[edit] External links

• testator in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• testator in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911