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literary executors

literary executors is the plural of literary executor.

Meaning of literary executor

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

Questions about literary executors

What is literary executors the plural of?
Literary executors is the plural of literary executor.

Words near literary executors in the dictionary

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

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