executant:
(plural: ‘executants‘; pronunciation: the letters ‘ex’ are said an ‘eg’ sound as in “egg” & the letter ‘c’ in this word is pronounced with a ‘k’ sound as in the word “king” — for the right pronunciation of this word, please click here)
Gary Dickinson, an executant artist
a person who does something (perform, carry out or executes something) skilfully/efficiently;
a skilful performer, especially a skilled dancer or musician,
a performer,
Mr Cantillo, a much-praised executant mayor with President Dona Laura Chinchilla, Costa Rica
The new cellist is her master’s executant.
Though ‘executor’ and ‘executioner’ are used as the synonyms for this word ‘executant’, in most cases, executant is used to refer to a skilled person/performer of dance or music, and in few cases to refer to a person who carries out a financial or legal tasks, such as carrying out the instruction in a will or legal document.
These days, an executant as a professional is more commonly needed by high profile international business establishments for their major projects, such as mining companies, government agencies, trust boards, etc., to execute the plans of their projects, which in itself is a great executant skill.
Political experts advocate us that a foreign affairs minister (secretary of state) must be an individual who can act independently on certain international issues but should not be an executant who just carries out the instructions from the president or the prime minister!
an executant, a dancer
