testator
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English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- testatour (obsolete)
Etymology[edit]
From Latin testator (“one who makes a will, in Late Latin also one who bears witness”), from testari (“to bear witness, make a will”); see testament.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
testator (plural testators)
Related terms[edit]
See also[edit]
Translations[edit]
One who dies having made a legally valid will
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External links[edit]
- testator in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- testator in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
testor (“I am witness, testify, attest; I make a will”) + -ātor
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
testātor m (genitive testātōris); third declension
Inflection[edit]
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | testātor | testātōrēs |
| genitive | testātōris | testātōrum |
| dative | testātōrī | testātōribus |
| accusative | testātōrem | testātōrēs |
| ablative | testātōre | testātōribus |
| vocative | testātor | testātōrēs |
Verb[edit]
testātor
- second-person singular future active imperative of testor
- third-person singular future active imperative of testor
References[edit]
- testator in Charlton T. Lewis & Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- TESTATOR in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- testator in Félix Gaffiot (1934), Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
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