testator

testator
    n 1: a person who makes a will [syn: {testator}, {testate}]
    

Testator \Tes*ta"tor\, n. [L.: cf. F. testateur.] (Law)
   A man who makes and leaves a will, or testament, at death.
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TESTATOR. One who has made a testament or will. 
     2. In general, all persons may be testators. But to this rule there are 
various exceptions. First, persons who are deprived of understanding cannot 
make wills; idiots, lunatics and infants, are among this class. Secondly, 
persons who have understanding, but being under the power of others, cannot 
freely exercise their will; and this the law presumes to be the case with a 
married woman, and, therefore, she cannot make a will without the express 
consent of her husband to the particular will. When a woman makes a will 
under some general agreement on the part of the husband that she shall make 
a will, the instrument is not properly a will, but a writing in the nature 
of a will or testament. Thirdly, persons who are deprived of their free will 
cannot make a testament; as, a person in duress. 2 Bl. Com. 497; 2 Bouv. 
Inst. n. 2102, et seq. See Devisor; Duress; Feme covert;, Idiot; Influence; 
Parties to Contracts; Testament; Wife; Will. 
    

34 Moby Thesaurus words for "testator":
      Maecenas, Santa Claus, almoner, almsgiver, angel, assignor,
      awarder, backer, bestower, cheerful giver, conferrer, consignor,
      contributor, donator, donor, fairy godmother, feoffor, financer,
      funder, giver, grantor, imparter, lady bountiful, patron,
      patroness, philanthropist, presenter, settler, subscriber,
      sugar daddy, supporter, testate, testatrix, vouchsafer