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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Rebecca Keegan, NBC news, 15 May 2026
Paris Jackson just won a major victory in her ongoing battle with her dad’s estate’s executors.
—Bethy Squires, Vulture, 13 May 2026
The executors' attorneys told a judge that they were owed $115,000 in costs and attorneys' fees in January.
—Ilana Kaplan, PEOPLE, 13 May 2026
Paris Jackson has won her bid to force three lawyers to return $625,000 in bonuses paid by John Branca, the executor of her father’s estate.
—Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 13 May 2026
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“Executor.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/executor. Accessed 21 May. 2026.
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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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