executor

English

Alternative forms

• executour (obsolete)

Etymology

(deprecated template usage)

From Anglo-Norman executour, from Latin execūtor, agent noun of exequor.

Pronunciation

• (of a will): IPA^(key): /ɪɡˈzɛkjʊtɚ/
• (other senses): IPA^(key): /ɪɡˈzɛkjʊtɚ/, /ˈɛɡzɪˌkjuːtɚ/

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 a will; an administrator.

   literary executor

4. (obsolete) An executioner.
   • 1599, William Shakespeare, The Life of Henry the Fifth, I. ii. 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

• dative executor
• literary executor

Related terms

• execute
• executrix

Translations

one who carries out some task

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 執行者／执行者 (zh) (zhíxíngzhě), 执行者 (zh) (zhíxíngzhě)

• Finnish: toimeenpanija (fi), toteuttaja (fi)
• French: exécuteur (fr) m, exécutrice (fr) f
• Hungarian: végrehajtó (hu)
• Irish: seiceadóir m
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Maori: kaiwhakaoti
• Romanian: executor (ro)
• Russian: исполни́тель (ru) m (ispolnítelʹ), исполни́тельница (ru) f (ispolnítelʹnica)
• Spanish: albacea, ejecutor (es)
• Swahili: mfanya, mfanyi, mrithisha, mrithishi, mtekelezaji, wasii

someone appointed by a testator to administer a will

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 執行者／执行者 (zh) (zhíxíngzhě), 执行者 (zh) (zhíxíngzhě)

• Finnish: pesänjakaja
• French: exécuteur (fr) m, exécuteur testamentaire m
• German: Testamentsvollstrecker (de) m, Testamentsvollstreckerin f
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Irish: seiceadóir m
• Russian: душеприка́зчик (ru) (dušeprikázčik), душеприка́зчица (ru) f (dušeprikázčica), исполни́тель (ru) m (ispolnítelʹ), исполни́тельница (ru) f (ispolnítelʹnica)
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: wuwjeźaŕ testamenta m

• Welsh: ysgutor m, ysgutores f

Further reading

• executor on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

---

Portuguese

Noun

executor m (plural es)

1. executor