legatee
Meaning of legatee
noun
- a person who receives a legacy.
his sister Alice was his principal legatee
late 17th century: from 15th-century legate ‘bequeath’ (from Latin legare ‘delegate, bequeath’) + -ee.
Information about legatee
- It is a name.
- The plural form of legatee is: legatees.
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Hyphenation of legatee
lega-tee
- It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
- legatee is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
legatee synonyms
Meaning a person who derives advantage from something, especially a trust, will, or life insurance policy:
Meaning a person who inherits something; an heir:
Meaning a person legally entitled to the property or rank of another on that person's death:
Meaning a woman who is legally entitled to the property or rank of another on that person's death:
Meaning a person or thing that receives or is awarded something:
Meaning a person who gets or accepts something that has been sent or given to them:
Meaning a person to whom money is paid or is to be paid, especially the person to whom a cheque is made payable:
Meaning a person to whom a right or liability is legally transferred:
Meaning a person to whom something, especially real estate, is left by the terms of a will:
Meaning a person to whom a grant or conveyance is made:
Meaning a person who inherits:
Words that rhyme with legatee
Nocatee, allocatee, communicatee, dedicatee, educatee, hicatee, hiccatee, relocatee, inlapidatee, mandatee, beatee, caveatee, cheatee, defeatee, treatee, colegatee, delegatee, interrogatee, prelegatee, Katee, neckatee, collatee, fellatee, hugmatee, donatee, manatee, coatee, goatee, patee, operatee, imitatee
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