noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation:/ɪɡˈzɛkjuːtɹɪks/
Received-Pronunciation:/ɛɡ-/
General-American:/ɪɡˈzɛkjətɹɪks/
General-American:/ɛɡ-/
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Received-Pronunciation:/ɪɡˈzɛkjuːtɹɪˌsiːz/
Received-Pronunciation:/-sɪz/
General-American:/ɪɡˈzɛkjətɹɪˌsiz/
General-American:/-sɪz/
1
noun
Meaning 1
A female person who executes or carries out something.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, rare
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
A female person appointed to execute the wishes of a deceased person as stated in their will; a female executor.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: specifically
Topics: law
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: executress, execx, exrx, exx, Ex'x
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
A dominatrix who acts a fantasy of killing her client.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: rare
Topics: BDSM, lifestyle, sexuality
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
noun
Meaning 4
a woman executor
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: executor
History
Etymology
From Late Middle English executrice, executrix (“female executor; administrator of the law; wielder of fate”), from Medieval Latin execūtrīx (possibly through Anglo-Norman *executrice) from execūtor, exsecūtor (“accomplisher, performer; prosecutor, revenger”), + Latin -trīx (suffix forming feminine agent nouns). Exsecūtor is derived from Latin exsequor (“to follow after thoroughly, pursue persistently; (figurative) to execute, perform; to pursue with vengeance, avenge”) (from ex- (intensifying prefix) + sequor (“to follow, pursue”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sekw- (“to follow”))) + -tor (suffix forming masculine agent nouns). By surface analysis, execute + -trix (suffix forming feminine agent nouns).
Across languages
Translations
26 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Finnish:
toimeenpanija
— female person who executes or carries out something
French:
exécutrice
— female person who executes or carries out something
Greek:
εκτελέστρια
(ekteléstria)
— female person who executes or carries out something
Italian:
esecutrice
— female person who executes or carries out something
Polish:
wykonawczyni
— female person who executes or carries out something
Romanian:
executoare
— female person who executes or carries out something
Russian:
исполни́тельница
(ispolnítelʹnica)
— female person who executes or carries out something
Spanish:
ejecutora
— female person who executes or carries out something
Ukrainian:
викона́виця
(vykonávycja)
— female person who executes or carries out something
Arabic:
مُنَفِّذَة
(munaffiḏa)
— female person appointed to execute the wishes of a deceased person as stated in their will
Arabic:
مُنْجِزَة
(munjiza)
— female person appointed to execute the wishes of a deceased person as stated in their will
Arabic:
وَلِيَّة
(waliyya)
— female person appointed to execute the wishes of a deceased person as stated in their will
Arabic:
وَصِيّ
(waṣiyy)
— female person appointed to execute the wishes of a deceased person as stated in their will
Finnish:
pesänjakaja
— female person appointed to execute the wishes of a deceased person as stated in their will
French:
exécutrice
— female person appointed to execute the wishes of a deceased person as stated in their will
Galician:
testamenteira
— female person appointed to execute the wishes of a deceased person as stated in their will
German:
Testamentsvollstreckerin
— female person appointed to execute the wishes of a deceased person as stated in their will
Greek:
εκτελέστρια
(ekteléstria)
— female person appointed to execute the wishes of a deceased person as stated in their will
Irish:
banseiceadóir
— female person appointed to execute the wishes of a deceased person as stated in their will
Polish:
egzekutorka
— female person appointed to execute the wishes of a deceased person as stated in their will
Russian:
душеприка́зчица
(dušeprikázčica)
— female person appointed to execute the wishes of a deceased person as stated in their will
Russian:
исполни́тельница
(ispolnítelʹnica)
— female person appointed to execute the wishes of a deceased person as stated in their will
Spanish:
ejecutora
— female person appointed to execute the wishes of a deceased person as stated in their will
Spanish:
albacea
— female person appointed to execute the wishes of a deceased person as stated in their will
Spanish:
testamentaria
— female person appointed to execute the wishes of a deceased person as stated in their will
Welsh:
ysgutores
— female person appointed to execute the wishes of a deceased person as stated in their will
