— executorial /ig zek'yeuh tawr"ee euhl, -tohr"-/ , adj. — executorship , n.
/ig zek"yeuh teuhr/ or, for 1, /ek"si kyooh'teuhr/ , n.
1. a person who executes, carries out, or performs some duty, job, assignment, artistic work, etc.
2. Law. a person named in a decedent's will to carry out the provisions of that will.
[ 1250-1300; ME executour executor, equiv. to execu ( tus ) (see EXECUTE) + -tor, -TOR; r. ME esecutor essecutour ]