Executor
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ɪɡˈzɛkjʊtɚ/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Executor is a noun meaning A person who carries out some task.
Meaning
A person who carries out some task.
More Meanings
- (computing) A component of a system that executes or runs something.
- (law) Someone appointed by a testator to administer their estate in accordance with their will; an administrator.
- (obsolete) An executioner.
Example Sentences
literary executor
The sad-eyed justice, with his surly hum, / Delivering o'er to executors pale / The lazy yawning drone.
When searching for a solution is unnecessary, then the program executor "doesn't care" which solution is generated nor how it is obtained.
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.
Word Forms
- executors
- executour
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include implementer, access, enforcer, perpetrator, performer, gunman.
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