EXECUTANT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does executant mean? 

• EXECUTANT (noun)
  The noun EXECUTANT has 1 sense:

1. a performer (usually of musical works)

  Familiarity information: EXECUTANT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• EXECUTANT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A performer (usually of musical works)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("executant" is a kind of...):

performer; performing artist (an entertainer who performs a dramatic or musical work for an audience)

Domain category:

music (an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner)

Derivation:

execute (carry out or perform an action)