n. [ L. executor, exsecutor: cf. F. exécuteur. Cf. Executer. ] 1. One who executes or performs; a doer; as, an executor of baseness. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. An executioner. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ] Delivering o'er to executors paw&unr_; The lazy, yawning drone. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ] 3. (Law) The person appointed by a testator to execute his will, or to see its provisions carried into effect, after his decease. [ 1913 Webster ] ‖Executor de son tort [ Of., executor of his own wrong ] (Law), a stranger who intermeddles without authority in the distribution of the estate of a deceased person. [ 1913 Webster ]
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