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Executor vs Executorship - What's the difference?

executor | executorship |

As nouns the difference between executor and executorship

is that executor is a person who carries out some task while executorship is the office or position of an executor.

executor

English

Alternative forms

* executour (obsolete)

Noun

(wikipedia executor) (en noun)
  • A person who carries out some task.
  • (label) Someone appointed by a testator to administer a will; an administrator.
  • (obsolete) An executioner.
  • * 1599 , , I. ii. 203:
    • The sad-eyed justice, with his surly hum, / Delivering o'er to executors pale / The lazy yawning drone.

    Related terms

    * dative executor * execute * executrix

    executorship

    English

    Noun

  • the office or position of an executor