Legatee

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  • noun. The inheritor of a legacy.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. One to whom a legacy is bequeathed; in the civil law, and as sometimes loosely used in both Great Britain and the United States, one to whom property, real or personal, is given by will.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. One to whom a legacy is bequeathed.
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  • noun. one who receives a legacy
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  • noun. someone to whom a legacy is bequeathed
    • Word Usage
    "Jellicoe aforesaid to be the executor of this my will jointly with the principal beneficiary and residuary legatee that is to say with the aforesaid Godfrey Bellingham if the conditions set forth hereinbefore in clause 2 shall be duly carried out but with the aforesaid George"
    cross-reference
    legate  residuary legatee  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    beneficiary  donee  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    Channing  arbitress  beneficiary  breadwinner  depositary  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    co-legatee  collegatary  donee  grantee  institute  
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