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[ leg-uh-tee ] / ˌlɛg əˈti / SEE SYNONYMS FOR legatee ON THESAURUS.COM
nouna person to whom a legacy is bequeathed. Origin of legatee1670–80; <Latin lēgāt(us) (see legate) + -ee Words nearby legateelegal tender, legal weight, Leganés, Legaspi, legate, legatee, legatine, legation, legato, legator, leg before wicket Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for legateeVarun sees himself as a legatee of his father, Sanjay Gandhi, not his great-grandfather Nehru. Gandhi Family Feud|Shoma Chaudhury|April 12, 2009|DAILY BEAST Then, too, there was a possibility that Herbert would turn out a legatee. Herbert Carter's Legacy|Horatio Alger The great man,--the rich relation--who had it in his power to make Morleena an heiress, and the very baby a legatee--was offended. Ten Girls from Dickens|Kate Dickinson Sweetser Just so much as the testator parts with the legatee obtains. Old-Fashioned Ethics and Common-Sense Metaphysics|William Thomas Thornton
The beneficiary, or person designated in the will to receive real property, is called the legatee. Cyclopedia of Commerce, Accountancy, Business Administration, v. 3|Various A legacy was sometimes given on condition that the legatee should not marry a Roman Catholic. The Curiosities and Law of Wills|John Proffatt
British Dictionary definitions for legatee
nouna person to whom a legacy is bequeathedCompare devisee Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to legateepartner, proprietor, holder, landowner, heir, recipient, beneficiary, buyer, purchaser, squire, governor, possessor, keeper, heritor, sharer, heiress, receiver, successor, payee, inheritor |