legatee
[leg-uh-tee]
- a person to whom a legacy is bequeathed.
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Origin of legatee
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partnerproprietorholderlandownerheirrecipientbeneficiarybuyerpurchasersquiregovernorpossessorkeeperheritorsharerheiresslegateereceiversuccessorpayeeExamples from the Web for legatee
Contemporary Examples
Varun sees himself as a legatee of his father, Sanjay Gandhi, not his great-grandfather Nehru.
Historical Examples
Just so much as the testator parts with the legatee obtains.
Old-Fashioned Ethics and Common-Sense MetaphysicsWilliam Thomas Thornton
The legacy and the legatee have proved equally unsubstantial.
Six Letters From the ColoniesRobert Seaton
There is "many a slip betwixt the cup" of the legator and "the lip" of the legatee.
George Muller of BristolArthur T. Pierson
He may himself be a legatee and endeavor to transfer to himself.
Commercial LawSamuel Williston, Richard D. Currier, and Richard W. Hill
Then, too, there was a possibility that Herbert would turn out a legatee.
Herbert Carter's LegacyHoratio Alger
legatee
- a person to whom a legacy is bequeathedCompare devisee
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