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

There is "many a slip betwixt the cup" of the legator and "the lip" of the legatee.

From George Müller of Bristol And His Witness to a Prayer-Hearing God by Pierson, Arthur T. (Arthur Tappan)

The residue of his personal estate was left to four gentlemen, three of whom had quitted this world before the legator; the bequests, therefore, had lapsed.

From Coningsby by Disraeli, Benjamin, Earl of Beaconsfield