executor

/ɪgˈzekjʊtər/

/-jəṱɚ/ noun [C] LAW

Definition

› 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): She died recently and I am an executor of her will.

(Definition of executor noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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