Obs. Also 5 executorice, -tryse. [(? a. AF. *executrice) ad. L. execūtrīce-m (nom. execūtrix): see next. Cf. It. esecutrice.] = next.
c. 1374. Chaucer, Troylus, III. 568. O Fortune, executrice of werdis!
1410. E. E. Wills (1882), 17. Y be-queþe … my godys to Ione my wyff … myn Executorice Cheff.
c. 1450. Mirour Saluacioun, 1197. Oure ladie … wold be purified to be of the lawe Executrice.
1526. in Eng. Gilds (1870), 254. Agnes Lenche my wife, Whom I ordeigne … my soole Executrice.
1594. Carew, Tasso (1881), 79. Weaue thou the web begun by my deuice, Of warie age as bold executrice.
