Meanings
plural testators · alternative testatour
- lawOne who makes or has made a legally valid will.
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, →OCLC1 more example
[…] 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 LawSynonyms: devisor, legator, testamentor
Synonyms & antonyms
nounOne who makes or has made a legally valid will.
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Origin
- Latintestator“one who makes a will, in Late Latin also one who bears witness”
- Englishtestator
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.
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Catalan testador, testadora
- testadorOne who makes or has made a legally valid will
- testadoraOne who makes or has made a legally valid will
Chinese Mandarin 遺囑人 /遗嘱人
- 遺囑人 /遗嘱人 (yízhǔrén)One who makes or has made a legally valid will
Czech zůstavitel
- zůstavitelOne who makes or has made a legally valid will
Dutch erflater
- erflaterOne who makes or has made a legally valid will
Esperanto testamentanto
- testamentantoOne who makes or has made a legally valid will
Finnish testamenttaaja, perittävä
- testamenttaajaOne who makes or has made a legally valid will
- perittäväOne who makes or has made a legally valid will
French testateur, testatrice
- testateurOne who makes or has made a legally valid will
- testatriceOne who makes or has made a legally valid will
German Erblasser, Erblasserin
- ErblasserOne who makes or has made a legally valid will
- ErblasserinOne who makes or has made a legally valid will
Greek διαθέτης
- διαθέτης (diathétis)One who makes or has made a legally valid will
Irish tiomnóir
- tiomnóirOne who makes or has made a legally valid will
Italian testatore
- testatoreOne who makes or has made a legally valid will
Japanese 遺言者
- 遺言者 (yuigonsha)One who makes or has made a legally valid will
Latin lēgātor, testātor
- lēgātorOne who makes or has made a legally valid will
- testātorOne who makes or has made a legally valid will
Māori kaitukuwira
- kaitukuwiraOne who makes or has made a legally valid will
Norwegian Bokmål arvelater, testator
- arvelaterOne who makes or has made a legally valid will
- testatorOne who makes or has made a legally valid will
Polish testator, spadkodawca
- testatorOne who makes or has made a legally valid will
- spadkodawcaOne who makes or has made a legally valid will
- spadkodawczyniOne who makes or has made a legally valid will
Russian завеща́тель, завеща́тельница
- завеща́тель (zaveščátelʹ)One who makes or has made a legally valid will
- завеща́тельница (zaveščátelʹnica)One who makes or has made a legally valid will
- наследода́тель (nasledodátelʹ)One who makes or has made a legally valid will
- наследода́тельница (nasledodátelʹnica)One who makes or has made a legally valid will
Spanish testador, testadora
- testadorOne who makes or has made a legally valid will
- testadoraOne who makes or has made a legally valid will
Swedish testator
- testatorOne who makes or has made a legally valid will
Ukrainian запові́да́ч, запові́да́чка
- запові́да́ч (zapovídáč)One who makes or has made a legally valid will
- запові́да́чка (zapovídáčka)One who makes or has made a legally valid will
- спадкода́вець (spadkodávecʹ)One who makes or has made a legally valid will
- спадкода́виця (spadkodávycja)One who makes or has made a legally valid will
Welsh ewyllysiwr
- ewyllysiwrOne who makes or has made a legally valid will
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Cite this entry
testator. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/testator
“testator.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/testator. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “testator,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/testator.
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