different between enforcer vs executor

English

Etymology

enforce +? -er

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -??(r)s?(r)

Noun

enforcer (plural enforcers)

1. One who enforces.
2. The member of a group, especially of a gang, charged with keeping dissident members obedient.
4. (ice hockey, rugby, Australian rules football) A player who physically intimidates or confronts the opposition.

   Synonym: policeman

Translations

Anagrams

• confrere, confrère, reconfer

English

Alternative forms

• executour (obsolete)

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman executour, from Latin exec?tor, agent noun of exequor.

Pronunciation

• (of a will): IPA^(key): /???z?kj?t?/
• (other senses): IPA^(key): /???z?kj?t?/, /???z??kju?t?/

Noun

executor (plural executors)

1. A person who carries out some task.
2. (computing) A component of a system that executes or runs something.
   • 2014, Robert Kowalski, Thom Frühwirth, Logic for Problem Solving, Revisited (page 114)

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

3. (law) Someone appointed by a testator to administer a will; an administrator.

4. (obsolete) An executioner.
   • 1599, William Shakespeare, The Life of Henry the Fifth, I. ii. 203:

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

Usage notes

• In a law context, the female executrix is sometimes used.

Derived terms

• dative executor
• literary executor

Related terms

• execute
• executrix

Translations

Further reading

• executor on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Portuguese

Noun

executor m (plural executores)

1. executor

Romanian

Etymology

From French exécuteur, from Latin executor.

Adjective

executor m or n (feminine singular executoare, masculine plural executori, feminine and neuter plural executoare)

1. executory

Declension