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
"I—I would like simply to learn whether you, Mrs. Darling, as Viscount Kneedrock's sole legatee, would care to—to—" "I do care to," she broke in, much to his relief.
From The Tigress by Warner, Anne
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