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Executor
Pronunciation : Ex*ec"u*tor
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [L. executor, exsecutor: cf. F. ex?cuteur. Cf. Executer.]
Definition : 1. One who executes or performs; a doer; as, an executor of baseness. Shak.
2. An executioner. [Obs.] Delivering o'er to executors pa . . . The lazy, yawning drone. Shak.
3. (Law)
Defn: The person appointed by a Executor de son tort Etym: [Of., executor of his own wrong] (Law), a stranger who intermeddles without authority in the distribution of the estate of a deceased person.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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