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Webster 1913 Edition
Testator
Tes-ta′tor
,Noun.
[L.: cf. F.
testateur
.] (Law)
A man who makes and leaves a will, or testament, at death.
Webster 1828 Edition
Testator
TESTA'TOR
,Noun.
Definition 2024
testator
testator
English
Alternative forms
- testatour (obsolete)
Noun
testator (plural testators)
Related terms
See also
Translations
One who dies having made a legally valid will
External links
- testator in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- testator in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
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
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
- second-person singular future active imperative of testor
- third-person singular future active imperative of testor
References
- testator in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- TESTATOR in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “testator”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.