What does "executor" mean?
Executor: An executioner. [Obs.] Delivering o'er to executors pa . . . The lazy, yawning drone. Shak.
Additional senses
- 2.(Law) 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.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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