executive
executive is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 2 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.Designed or fitted for execution, or carrying into effect; as, executive talent; qualifying for, concerned with, or pertaining to, the execution of the laws or the conduct of affairs; as, executive power or authority; executive duties, officer, department, etc. Note: In government, executive is distinguished from legislative and judicial; legislative being applied to the organ or organs of government which make the laws; judicial, to that which interprets and applies the laws; executive, to that which carries them into effect or secures their due performance.
- 2.An impersonal title of the chief magistrate or officer who administers the government, whether king, president, or governor; the governing person or body.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- administration
- administrative
- aedile
- alguazil
- arm
- authority
- bailiff
- bailiwick
- beadle
- bearer
- bedel
- bureau
- catchpoll
- causidical
- commission
- constable
- constabulary
- cop
- coroner
- corporation
- customhouse
- department
- douanier
- edile
- exciseman
- extension
- extradite
- extradition
- force
- fuzz
- gager
- gang
- gauger
- gendarme
- inquisitorial
- judge
- judgment
- judicatory
- judicature
- judicial
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms & antonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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