testator

English

Alternative forms

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

  • (US) IPA(key): /tesˈteɪ.tɚ/

Noun

testator (plural testators)

  1. (law) One who dies having made a legally valid will.

Translations

See also

Further reading

  • testator in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
  • testator in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology

testor (“I am witness, testify, attest; I make a will”) +‎ -ātor

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /tesˈtaː.tor/, [tɛsˈtaː.tɔr]

Noun

testātor m (genitive testātōris); third declension

  1. testator
  2. witness

Inflection

Third declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative testātor testātōrēs
genitive testātōris testātōrum
dative testātōrī testātōribus
accusative testātōrem testātōrēs
ablative testātōre testātōribus
vocative testātor testātōrēs

Verb

testātor

  1. second-person singular future active imperative of testor
  2. third-person singular future active imperative of testor

References

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