Hypertext Webster Gateway: "executive"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Executive \Ex*ec"u*tive\, n.
An impersonal title of the chief magistrate or officer who
administers the government, whether king, president, or
governor; the governing person or body.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Executive \Ex*ec"u*tive\, a. [Cf.F. ex['e]cutif.]
Designed or fitted for execution, or carrying into effect;
as, executive talent; qualifying for, concerned with, or
pertaining to, the execution of the laws or the conduct of
affairs; as, executive power or authority; executive duties,
officer, department, etc.
Note: In government, executive is distinguished from
legislative and judicial; legislative being applied to
the organ or organs of government which make the laws;
judicial, to that which interprets and applies the
laws; executive, to that which carries them into effect
or secures their due performance.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
executive
adj : having the function of carrying out plans or orders etc.;
"the executive branch"
n 1: a person responsible for the administration of a business
[syn: {executive director}]
2: persons who administer the law
3: someone who manages a government agency or department [syn:
{administrator}]
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