testator
English
Alternative forms
- testatour (obsolete)
Etymology
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.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /tɛsˈteɪ.tɚ/
- Rhymes: -eɪtə(ɹ)
Noun
testator (plural testators)
- (law) One who makes or has made a legally valid will.
- 1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, OCLC 1167497017:
- As it is, knowing that the testator was a gentleman of the highest intelligence and acumen, and that he has absolutely no relations living to whom he could have confided the guardianship of the child, we do not feel justified in taking this course.
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Related terms
- intestate
- testament
- testatrix
- testify
- testimonial
- testimony
Translations
One who makes or has made a legally valid will
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See also
- executor
Further reading
- testator in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- testator in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911
Anagrams
- attestor
Latin
Etymology
testor (“I am witness, testify, attest; I make a will”) + -ātor
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /tesˈtaː.tor/, [t̪ɛs̠ˈt̪äːt̪ɔr]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /tesˈta.tor/, [t̪esˈt̪äːt̪or]
Noun
testātor m (genitive testātōris, feminine testātrīx); third declension
- testator
- witness
Declension
Third-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative | testātor | testātōrēs |
Genitive | testātōris | testātōrum |
Dative | testātōrī | testātōribus |
Accusative | testātōrem | testātōrēs |
Ablative | testātōre | testātōribus |
Vocative | testātor | testātōrēs |
Verb
testātor
- second/third-person singular future active imperative of testor
References
- “testator”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- testator in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- testator in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
Polish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin testātor.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tɛsˈta.tɔr/
- Rhymes: -atɔr
- Syllabification: tes‧ta‧tor
Noun
testator m pers (feminine testatorka)
- testator, legator, devisor
- Synonym: spadkodawca
Declension
Declension of testator
singular | plural | |
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nominative | testator | testatorzy |
genitive | testatora | testatorów |
dative | testatorowi | testatorom |
accusative | testatora | testatorów |
instrumental | testatorem | testatorami |
locative | testatorze | testatorach |
vocative | testatorze | testatorzy |
Further reading
- testator in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- testator in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Romanian
Etymology
From French testateur, from Latin testator.
Noun
testator m (plural testatori)
- testator
Declension
Declension of testator
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) testator | testatorul | (niște) testatori | testatorii |
genitive/dative | (unui) testator | testatorului | (unor) testatori | testatorilor |
vocative | testatorule | testatorilor |