testator

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• General-American: /ˈtɛˌsteɪ.tɚ/
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From Latin testator (“one who makes a will, in Late Latin also one who bears witness”), from testari (“to bear witness, make a will”). See testament.

39 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Catalan: testador — One who makes or has made a legally valid will
• Catalan: testadora — One who makes or has made a legally valid will
• Chinese Mandarin: 遺囑人 /遗嘱人 (yízhǔrén) — One who makes or has made a legally valid will
• Czech: zůstavitel — One who makes or has made a legally valid will
• Dutch: erflater — One who makes or has made a legally valid will
• Esperanto: testamentanto — One who makes or has made a legally valid will
• Finnish: testamenttaaja — One who makes or has made a legally valid will
• Finnish: perittävä — One who makes or has made a legally valid will
• French: testateur — One who makes or has made a legally valid will
• French: testatrice — One who makes or has made a legally valid will
• German: Erblasser — One who makes or has made a legally valid will
• German: Erblasserin — One who makes or has made a legally valid will
• Greek: διαθέτης (diathétis) — One who makes or has made a legally valid will
• Ido: testamentanto — One who makes or has made a legally valid will
• Ido: testamentinto — One who makes or has made a legally valid will
• Irish: tiomnóir — One who makes or has made a legally valid will
• Italian: testatore — One who makes or has made a legally valid will
• Japanese: 遺言者 (yuigonsha) — One who makes or has made a legally valid will
• Latin: lēgātor — One who makes or has made a legally valid will
• Latin: testātor — One who makes or has made a legally valid will
• Manx: çhymneyder — One who makes or has made a legally valid will
• Māori: kaitukuwira — One who makes or has made a legally valid will
• Norwegian Bokmål: arvelater — One who makes or has made a legally valid will
• Norwegian Bokmål: testator — One who makes or has made a legally valid will
• Polish: testator — One who makes or has made a legally valid will
• Polish: spadkodawca — One who makes or has made a legally valid will
• Polish: spadkodawczyni — One who makes or has made a legally valid will
• Russian: завеща́тель (zaveščátelʹ) — One who makes or has made a legally valid will
• Russian: завеща́тельница (zaveščátelʹnica) — One who makes or has made a legally valid will
• Russian: наследода́тель (nasledodátelʹ) — One who makes or has made a legally valid will
• Russian: наследода́тельница (nasledodátelʹnica) — One who makes or has made a legally valid will
• Spanish: testador — One who makes or has made a legally valid will
• Spanish: testadora — One who makes or has made a legally valid will
• Swedish: testator — One who makes or has made a legally valid will
• Ukrainian: запові́да́ч (zapovídáč) — One who makes or has made a legally valid will
• Ukrainian: запові́да́чка (zapovídáčka) — One who makes or has made a legally valid will
• Ukrainian: спадкода́вець (spadkodávecʹ) — One who makes or has made a legally valid will
• Ukrainian: спадкода́виця (spadkodávycja) — One who makes or has made a legally valid will
• Welsh: ewyllysiwr — One who makes or has made a legally valid will