legator

American  

[li-gey-ter, leg-uh-tawr] / lɪˈgeɪ tər, ˌlɛg əˈtɔr /

noun

1. a person who bequeaths; a testator.

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legator British  

/ ˌlɛɡəˈtɔː /

noun

1. a person who gives a legacy or makes a bequest

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Other Word Forms

• legatorial adjective

Etymology

Origin of legator

1645–55; < Latin lēgātor one who bequeaths, equivalent to lēgā ( re ) to bequeath, depute + -tor -tor

Example Sentences

Carman said that in 1992 Legator "was threatened with termination if he spoke against Exxon" on benzene emissions.

From Salon

Carman recalled the late Marvin Legator, who was chairman of the Environmental Epidemiology & Toxicology department at a University of Texas medical institution in Galveston, next door to Baytown.

From Salon

With the grassroots operation, Sport England, rewarding sailing and triathlon while swimming for kids is put "on probation", this blithe allocation of funds could not make it clearer that the principal legator of the summer's elite sport is elite sport.

From The Guardian

"My studies were not false," she said, insisting that on the basis of her work and that of her associate, Dr. Marvin Legator, cyclamate may well produce deformities, transmissible mutations or cancer�or all three.

From Time Magazine Archive

Van Bynkershoek de foro legator. c.

From Project Gutenberg