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executant

/ɪɡˈzɛkjʊtənt/

executant noun: a person who executes a dance or piece of music; a performer.

Noun

executant (plural executants)

  1. A person who executes a dance or piece of music; a performer.
    • […] no composer or dramatic poet has ever pretended to be able to perform all the parts he writes for the singers, actors and players who are his executants.1987, Bernard Shaw, Back to Methuselah
  2. A person who puts something into action, such as a plan or design.
    • Also of importance are the other theatricians - the costume designer and/or executant, the lighting designer and/or executant, the technical director, […]1991, Olusola Aderounmu, Jibola Dedenuola, Management and problems of media practices in Nigeria, page 120
    • After all, Cave speaks about orders being so manifestly illegal that the person carrying them out must or ought to have been aware of their unlawfulness. From this alone, one can draw the conclusion that, if the executant of the order actually knows of its unlawfulness, he ought to be convicted, no...2012, Yoram Dinstein, The Defence of 'Obedience to Superior Orders' in International Law

executant meaning in Tamil and Bengali

executant in Tamil

ஆவணத்தை எழுதி நிறைவேற்றுபவர், எழுதிக் கொடுத்தவர், செய்து முடிக்குநர், நிகழ்த்துநர், நிறை வேற்றுநர், நிறைவேற்றுநர்

executant in Bengali

একজন পরিবেশক, নকশা

Forms of executant

pluralexecutants

Origin of executant

From French exécutant. By surface analysis, execute + -ant.

Words formed from executant

Questions about executant

What does executant mean?
Executant means a person who executes a dance or piece of music; a performer.
What is executant in Tamil?
Executant in Tamil is ஆவணத்தை எழுதி நிறைவேற்றுபவர், எழுதிக் கொடுத்தவர், செய்து முடிக்குநர். See Executant meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is executant?
Executant is a noun.
How do you pronounce executant?
Executant is pronounced /ɪɡˈzɛkjʊtənt/.
What is the plural of executant?
The plural of executant is executants.

Words near executant in the dictionary

  1. executability
  2. executable
  3. executable code
  4. executables
  5. executancy
  6. executant
  7. executants
  8. execute
  9. execute order
  10. execute orders
  11. executed

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: executant (page history and authors); executant (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); executant (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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