Ex-ĕc'ū-tor, n.

n. [Lat., from exsequi; Fr. exécuteur, Pr. executor.]

1. One who executes or performs; a doer; as, an executor of baseness. Shak.
2. An executioner. [Obs.]

The sad-eyed justice, with his surly hum, Delivering o'er to executors pale The lazy, yawning deme. Shak. 3. The person appointed by a testator to execute his will, or to see it carried into effect, after his decease.