executor
noun
ex·ec·u·tor
ig-ˈze-k(y)ə-tər 
or in sense 1
ˈek-sə-ˌkyü-
1
a
: one who executes something
b
obsolete
: executioner
2
a
: the person appointed by a testator to execute a will
Examples of executor in a Sentence
He named his daughter as his executor.
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Elvis’ will appointed his father, Vernon Presley, as the executor and trustee of his estate.
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Noah Goldberg, Los Angeles Times, 20 Nov. 2024
The tender two-hander is way outside the tone that turned Timpson’s previous house of horrors into an atypical triumph among slasher buffs — but the pivot is that much more striking as a testament to his skills as a razor-sharp executor of any genre.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 18 Sep. 2024
Elvis’ will appointed his father, Vernon Presley, as the executor and trustee of his estate.
—Jason Pham, StyleCaster, 8 Oct. 2024
And its existence as a finished, bound, actually readable object is thanks largely to years of efforts by Harlan’s friend, partner in crime and the executor of his estate, J. Michael Straczynski.
—Jason Sheehan, Rolling Stone, 1 Oct. 2024
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“Executor.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/executor. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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executor
noun
ex·ec·u·tor
ig-ˈzek-(y)ət-ər
in sense 1 also
ˈek-sə-ˌkyüt-
1
: a person who executes something
2
: the person named in a will to carry it out
Legal Definition
executor
noun
ex·ec·u·tor
ig-ˈze-kyə-tər
: a person named by a testator to execute or carry out the instructions in a will compare administrator
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