executor

noun

Etymology: From Middle English executour, from Anglo-Norman executour, from Latin exsecūtor, agent noun of exsequor.

1. A person who carries out some task.

   “This manner can no longer be considered "folk-song," yet neither can it be taken as "art-song," at least not conscious art, for the executors, the chazzanim, did not know of any theory of music and modulation.”

2. A component of a system that executes or runs something.

   “When searching for a solution is unnecessary, then the program executor "doesn't care" which solution is generated nor how it is obtained.”

3. Someone appointed by a testator to administer their estate in accordance with their will; an administrator.

   “literary executor”

4. An executioner.

   “The sad-eyed justice, with his surly hum, / Delivering o'er to executors pale / The lazy yawning drone.”