executor

Definitions


[ɛɡˈzɛkjʊtə], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a person or institution appointed by a testator to carry out the terms of their will
(e.g: Hugh appointed him an executor of his will)

- a person who produces something or puts something into effect
(e.g: the makers and executors of policy)


Phrases:

Origin:
Middle English: via Anglo-Norman French from Latin execut- ‘carried out’, from exsequi (see execute)




definition by Oxford Dictionaries