executor
31
6.8
- noun
- /ɪɡˈzɛkjʊtər/
:
albacea
- You know, you'll need an executor for your will.
- executor of the will
- literary executor
Lord Byron Babbage was appointed executor of Ada's will, but he didn't attend either.
- Lord Byron Babbage was appointed executor of Ada's will, but he didn't attend either.
- My attorney told me that the you don't have to have the executor sign, you can just have blah blah blah blah blah.
Examples
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My only options as executor would be to bring someone new in and start over, or just encourage you to push through.
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No, Judy, I am the executor of the will.
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Do you have any idea who the executor might be?
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I'm the Christians' attorney and an executor of the estate.
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My father made me sole executor, Lord Grantham.
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Mrs. V had no close relatives, and she had made Angela the executor of her will.
Fiction book (1997) -
As their executor, I keep all that stuff in the office... along with some of the smaller valuables, till after probate.
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My father had left the will mired in probate and left my mother as executor of the estate.
Fiction book (2001) -
Finally ready, Graham Fritts, Abby's attorney and the executor of her estate, raised the first of his papers.
Fiction book (1992) -
The executor of the estate was responsible for distributing the assets according to the will.
Synonyms
3
6.9
A person chosen by law to manage someone's affairs and money after they die
1
9.9
A woman who manages a dead person's money and possessions
How Effective
- US
31
6.8
1
4.6
220
2.8
14
4.9
833
1.0
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word executor comes from the Latin parts ex- ('out') and sequi ('follow'), the same root as execute, which together mean 'carry out'. So an executor is the person who 'carries out' someone's will after their death.