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testator

/tɛsˈteɪ.tɚ/US/ˈtɛˌsteɪ.tɚ/

testator noun: one who makes or has made a legally valid will.

Noun

testator (plural testators)

  1. One who makes or has made a legally valid will.
    • […] there is an exception “in the cases of heir and executor, who may plead a release to the ancestor or testator whom they respectively represent; so also with respect to several tortfeasors, for in all these cases there is a privity between the parties which constitutes an identity of person”.1881, Oliver Wendell Holmes, The Common Law
    • As it is, knowing that the testator was a gentleman of the highest intelligence and acumen, and that he has absolutely no relations living to whom he could have confided the guardianship of the child, we do not feel justified in taking this course.1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC

testator meaning in Tamil

testator in Tamil

உயில் இயற்றுபவர், விருப்புறுதியாளர்

Synonyms of testator

Antonyms

Forms of testator

pluraltestators
alternative formtestatour

Origin of testator

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.

Words formed from testator

Words that rhyme with testator

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Questions about testator

What does testator mean?
Testator means one who makes or has made a legally valid will.
What is testator in Tamil?
Testator in Tamil is உயில் இயற்றுபவர், விருப்புறுதியாளர். See Testator meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is testator?
Testator is a noun.
How do you pronounce testator?
Testator is pronounced /ˈtɛˌsteɪ.tɚ/ (US).
What is the plural of testator?
The plural of testator is testators.

Words near testator in the dictionary

  1. testas
  2. testata
  3. testate
  4. testates
  5. testation
  6. testator
  7. testators
  8. testatorship
  9. testatory
  10. testatour
  11. testatours

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Adapted from Wiktionary: testator (page history and authors); testator (Tamil 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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