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 === IPA(key): (General American) /ˈtɛˌsteɪ.tɚ/, /tɛsˈteɪ.tɚ/ Rhymes: -eɪtə(ɹ) === Noun === testator (plural testators) (law) One who makes or has made a legally valid will. Synonyms: devisor, (uncommon) legator, testamentor ==== Antonyms ==== intestate (noun) ==== Related terms ==== testament testatrix testify testimonial testimony ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== executor ==== Further reading ==== “testator”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “testator”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. === Anagrams === attestor == Latin == === Etymology === From testor (“to be witness, testify, attest; to make a will”) +‎ -tor. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [tɛsˈtaː.tɔr] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [tesˈtaː.tor] === Noun === testātor m (genitive testātōris, feminine testātrīx); third declension testator witness ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun. ==== Descendants ==== === 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, 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 === Learned borrowing from Latin testātor. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /tɛsˈta.tɔr/ Rhymes: -atɔr Syllabification: tes‧ta‧tor === Noun === testator m pers (female equivalent testatorka) testator, legator, devisor Synonym: spadkodawca ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === testator in Polish dictionaries at PWN == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from French testateur, from Latin testator. === Noun === testator m (plural testatori) testator ==== Declension ====