testator means one who makes or has made a legally valid will. Lexicurio rates it Rare gem — a strength score of 79 out of 100.
testator is pronounced /ˈtɛˌsteɪ.tɚ/.
Etymology
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.
noun
- 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”.”