0 someone who makes sure that things are done according to the wishes in a dead person's will
1 a person who deals with the wishes expressed in a will (= formal statement of what will happen to a dead person’s money and property)
2 someone who makes sure that things are done according to a dead person's will (= a document in which someone says who should have their money or property after they die):
In the first place, Robert Palmer's will distinctly stated that everything was left to the judgment of the executors.
The next day, however, the will was actually drawn up, executed, and placed in my cousin's hands, he being the sole executor.
When I came to be executor, there was nearly nothing to guide me as to the amount of my father's property,—and I certainly did not succeed in realising all that he was supposed to have acquired.
Where parents had died, other kin were usually called upon to act as guardians and executors in the paying out of inheritance portions.
Most indulgences were clearly obtained after death, presumably mainly by widows, widowers and executors.
The clan head makes all important decisions in consultation with adult men and is the chief executor of these decisions.
