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literary executor

literary executor noun: a person acting on behalf of beneficiaries (e.g. family members, a designated charity, a research library or archive) under the author's will.

Noun

literary executor (plural literary executors)

  1. A person acting on behalf of beneficiaries (e.g. family members, a designated charity, a research library or archive) under the author's will.
    • Albert Bigelow Paine, his biographer to be and literary executor, who has been constantly with him, said that for the last year at least Mr. Clemens had been weary of life. When Richard Watson Gilder died, he said: "How fortunate he is. No good fortune of that kind ever comes to me."1910 April 22, “Mark Twain is Dead at 74”, in New York Times

Forms of literary executor

pluralliterary executors

Questions about literary executor

What does literary executor mean?
Literary executor means a person acting on behalf of beneficiaries (e.g. family members, a designated charity, a research library or archive) under the author's will.
What part of speech is literary executor?
Literary executor is a noun.
What is the plural of literary executor?
The plural of literary executor is literary executors.

Words near literary executor in the dictionary

  1. literary agents
  2. Literary Chinese
  3. literary criticism
  4. literary device
  5. literary devices
  6. literary executor
  7. literary executors
  8. literary fiction
  9. literary inquisition
  10. literary inquisitions
  11. literary journalism

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