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executour (obsolete)

A person who carries out some task.
- 1929, Abraham Zevi Idelsohn, Jewish Music: Its Historical Development, page 192:
  This manner can no longer be considered "folk-song," yet neither can it be taken as "art-song," at least not conscious art, for the executors, the chazzanim, did not know of any theory of music and modulation.
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(computing Category:en:Computing#EXECUTOR) 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.
  Category:English terms with quotations#EXECUTOR
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(law Category:en:Law#EXECUTOR) Someone appointed by a testator to administer their estate in accordance with their will; an administrator.
literary executorCategory:English terms with usage examples#EXECUTOR
(obsolete Category:English terms with obsolete senses#EXECUTOR) An executioner.
- 1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life of Henry the Fift”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene ii], line 203:
  The sad-eyed justice, with his surly hum, / Delivering o'er to executors pale / The lazy yawning drone.
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Usage notes

In a law context, the female executrix is sometimes used.

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one who carries out some task

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Arabic: مُنْجِز m (munjiz)Category:Terms with Arabic translations#EXECUTOR, مُنَفِّذ (ar) m (munaffiḏ)Category:Terms with Arabic translations#EXECUTOR
Belarusian: выкана́ўца m (vykanáwca)Category:Terms with Belarusian translations#EXECUTOR
Bulgarian: изпълнител (bg) m (izpǎlnitel)Category:Terms with Bulgarian translations#EXECUTOR
Chinese:
Mandarin: 執行者 / 执行者 (zh) (zhíxíngzhě)Category:Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations#EXECUTOR Category:Terms with Mandarin translations#EXECUTOR
Finnish: toimeenpanija (fi)Category:Terms with Finnish translations#EXECUTOR, toteuttaja (fi)Category:Terms with Finnish translations#EXECUTOR
French: exécuteur (fr) mCategory:Terms with French translations#EXECUTOR, exécutrice (fr) fCategory:Terms with French translations#EXECUTOR
Galician: compridor mCategory:Terms with Galician translations#EXECUTOR, cabeceiro (gl) mCategory:Terms with Galician translations#EXECUTOR, testamenteiro (gl) mCategory:Terms with Galician translations#EXECUTOR
Hungarian: végrehajtó (hu)Category:Terms with Hungarian translations#EXECUTOR
Irish: seiceadóir mCategory:Terms with Irish translations#EXECUTOR
Italian: esecutore (it) mCategory:Terms with Italian translations#EXECUTOR, esecutrice fCategory:Terms with Italian translations#EXECUTOR
Māori: kaiwhakaotiCategory:Terms with Māori translations#EXECUTOR
Polish: wykonawca (pl) mCategory:Terms with Polish translations#EXECUTOR, wykonawczyni (pl) fCategory:Terms with Polish translations#EXECUTOR
Romanian: executor (ro) mCategory:Terms with Romanian translations#EXECUTOR, executoare fCategory:Terms with Romanian translations#EXECUTOR
Russian: исполни́тель (ru) m (ispolnítelʹ)Category:Terms with Russian translations#EXECUTOR, исполни́тельница (ru) f (ispolnítelʹnica)Category:Terms with Russian translations#EXECUTOR
Spanish: albacea (es) m or fCategory:Terms with Spanish translations#EXECUTOR, ejecutor (es) mCategory:Terms with Spanish translations#EXECUTOR
Swahili: mfanyaCategory:Terms with Swahili translations#EXECUTOR, mfanyiCategory:Terms with Swahili translations#EXECUTOR, mrithishaCategory:Terms with Swahili translations#EXECUTOR, mrithishiCategory:Terms with Swahili translations#EXECUTOR, mtekelezajiCategory:Terms with Swahili translations#EXECUTOR, wasiiCategory:Terms with Swahili translations#EXECUTOR
Ukrainian: викона́вець m (vykonávecʹ)Category:Terms with Ukrainian translations#EXECUTOR, викона́виця f (vykonávycja)Category:Terms with Ukrainian translations#EXECUTOR

someone appointed by a testator to administer a will

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Arabic: وَصِيّ (ar) m or f (waṣiyy)Category:Terms with Arabic translations#EXECUTOR, وَلِيّ m (waliyy)Category:Terms with Arabic translations#EXECUTOR
Chinese:
Mandarin: 執行者 / 执行者 (zh) (zhíxíngzhě)Category:Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations#EXECUTOR Category:Terms with Mandarin translations#EXECUTOR
Dutch: (Netherlands) executeur-testamentair mCategory:Terms with Dutch translations#EXECUTOR, (Belgium) testamentuitvoerder mCategory:Terms with Dutch translations#EXECUTOR
Finnish: pesänjakaja (fi)Category:Terms with Finnish translations#EXECUTOR
French: exécuteur (fr) mCategory:Terms with French translations#EXECUTOR, exécuteur testamentaire mCategory:Terms with French translations#EXECUTOR
Galician: compridor mCategory:Terms with Galician translations#EXECUTOR, cabeceiro (gl) mCategory:Terms with Galician translations#EXECUTOR, testamenteiro (gl) mCategory:Terms with Galician translations#EXECUTOR
German: Testamentsvollstrecker (de) mCategory:Terms with German translations#EXECUTOR, Testamentsvollstreckerin fCategory:Terms with German translations#EXECUTOR
Irish: seiceadóir mCategory:Terms with Irish translations#EXECUTOR
Italian: esecutore testamentario mCategory:Terms with Italian translations#EXECUTOR
Japanese: 執行者 (shikkōsha)Category:Terms with Japanese translations#EXECUTOR
Māori: kaiwhakaoti (wira)Category:Terms with Māori translations#EXECUTOR
Plautdietsch: Väaminda mCategory:Terms with Plautdietsch translations#EXECUTOR
Polish: wykonawca testamentu mCategory:Terms with Polish translations#EXECUTOR
Portuguese: testamenteiro mCategory:Terms with Portuguese translations#EXECUTOR, executor testamentário mCategory:Terms with Portuguese translations#EXECUTOR
Romanian: executor testamentar (ro) mCategory:Terms with Romanian translations#EXECUTOR
Russian: душеприка́зчик (ru) (dušeprikázčik)Category:Terms with Russian translations#EXECUTOR, душеприка́зчица (ru) f (dušeprikázčica)Category:Terms with Russian translations#EXECUTOR, исполни́тель (ru) m (ispolnítelʹ)Category:Terms with Russian translations#EXECUTOR, исполни́тельница (ru) f (ispolnítelʹnica)Category:Terms with Russian translations#EXECUTOR
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: wuwjeźaŕ testamenta mCategory:Terms with Lower Sorbian translations#EXECUTOR
Spanish: albacea (es) mCategory:Terms with Spanish translations#EXECUTOR
Welsh: ysgutor mCategory:Terms with Welsh translations#EXECUTOR, ysgutores fCategory:Terms with Welsh translations#EXECUTOR

Portuguese

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /e.ze.kuˈtoʁ/ [e.ze.kuˈtoh]Category:Portuguese 4-syllable words#EXECUTORCategory:Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation#EXECUTOR
- (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /e.ze.kuˈtoɾ/Category:Portuguese 4-syllable words#EXECUTOR Category:Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation#EXECUTOR
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /e.ze.kuˈtoʁ/ [e.ze.kuˈtoχ]Category:Portuguese 4-syllable words#EXECUTOR Category:Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation#EXECUTOR
- (Caipira) IPA^(key): /e.ze.kuˈtoɻ/Category:Portuguese 4-syllable words#EXECUTOR Category:Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation#EXECUTOR

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /i.zɨ.kuˈtoɾ/Category:Portuguese 4-syllable words#EXECUTORCategory:Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation#EXECUTOR
- (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /i.zɨ.kuˈto.ɾi/Category:Portuguese 5-syllable words#EXECUTOR Category:Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation#EXECUTOR

Noun

executor m (plural executores)Category:Portuguese lemmas#EXECUTOR Category:Portuguese nouns#EXECUTOR Category:Portuguese countable nouns#EXECUTOR Category:Portuguese entries with incorrect language header#EXECUTOR Category:Portuguese masculine nouns#EXECUTOR Category:Pages with entries#EXECUTOR Category:Pages with 3 entries#EXECUTOR

executor

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French Category:Romanian terms borrowed from French#EXECUTOR Category:Romanian terms derived from French#EXECUTOR exécuteur, from Latin Category:Romanian terms derived from Latin#EXECUTOR executor.

Adjective

executor m or n (feminine singular executoare, masculine plural executori, feminine/neuter plural executoare)Category:Romanian lemmas#EXECUTOR Category:Romanian adjectives#EXECUTOR Category:Romanian entries with incorrect language header#EXECUTOR Category:Pages with entries#EXECUTOR Category:Pages with 3 entries#EXECUTOR

executory

Declension

Declension of *executor*
		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	executor		executoare	executori	executoare
nominative- accusative	definite	executorul		executoarea	executorii	executoarele
genitive- dative	indefinite	executor		executoare	executori	executoare
genitive- dative	definite	executorului		executoarei	executorilor	executoarelor

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