Conservator vs. Executor

Conservatornoun

One who conserves, preserves or protects something.

Executornoun

A person who carries out some task.

Conservatornoun

(legal) A person appointed by a court to manage the affairs of another; similar to a guardian but with some powers of a trustee.

Executornoun

(legal) Someone appointed by a testator to administer a will; an administrator.

Conservatornoun

An officer in charge of preserving the public peace, such as a justice or sheriff.

Executornoun

(obsolete) An executioner.

Conservatornoun

(Roman Catholicism) A judge delegated by the pope to defend certain privileged classes of persons from manifest or notorious injury or violence, without recourse to a judicial process.

Executornoun

One who executes or performs; a doer; as, an executor of baseness.

Conservatornoun

A professional who works on the conservation and restoration of objects, particularly artistic objects.

Executornoun

An executioner.

‘Delivering o'er to executors paw The lazy, yawning drone.’;

Conservatornoun

One who preserves from injury or violation; a protector; a preserver.

‘The great Creator and Conservator of the world.’;

Executornoun

The person appointed by a testator to execute his will, or to see its provisions carried into effect, after his decease.

Conservatornoun

An officer who has charge of preserving the public peace, as a justice or sheriff.

‘The lords of the secret council were likewise made conservators of the peace of the two kingdoms.’; ‘The conservator of the estate of an idiot.’;

Executornoun

a person appointed by a testator to carry out the terms of the will

Conservatornoun

the custodian of a collection (as a museum or library)

Executornoun

a person or institution appointed by a testator to carry out the terms of their will

‘the executors of the late John B. Smith’; ‘Hugh appointed him an executor of his will’;

Conservatornoun

someone appointed by a court to assume responsibility for the interests of a minor or incompetent person

Executornoun

a person who produces something or puts something into effect

‘the makers and executors of policy’;

Executor

An executor is someone who is responsible for executing, or following through on, an assigned task or duty. The feminine form, executrix, may sometimes be used.