legatee
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of legatee
Example Sentences
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She wore white, the color of the suffragette movement, of which Pelosi was a legatee and enormous champion.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 17, 2022
Why should Phillips nod to a film of 1936, if not to stake his claim as a legatee?
From The New Yorker • Sep. 27, 2019
As a legatee of the civil rights struggles that peaked in the 1960s, he considers the nature of the movement’s achievements in light of present-day racial realities.
From Washington Post • Jan. 2, 2015
Its most famous legatee is Christopher Nolan, creator of Inception, and maybe that's the movie that original Tron fans would still prefer to watch.
From The Guardian • Dec. 16, 2010
It began by leaving �4000, the family diamonds, miniatures, and plate, with various other valuables, to me, but it also left me residuary legatee.
From Story of My Life, volumes 1-3 by Hare, Augustus J. C.
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