TESTATOR

testator (tes-tay-t[schwa]r also te-stay-t[schwa]r). A person who has made a will; esp., a person who dies leaving a will. • Because this term is usu. interpreted as applying to both sexes, testatrix has become archaic. — Also termed testate. Cf. INTESTATE. [Cases: Wills 21–55. C.J.S. Indians § 117; Wills§§ 2, 4–40.]