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legatee

/ˌlɛɡəˈtiː/

legatee noun: one who receives a legacy (inheritance).

Noun

legatee (plural legatees)

  1. One who receives a legacy (inheritance).
    Synonyms:
    devisee

legatee meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Malayalam and Kannada

legatee in Tamil

உயில்வழி உரிமையர்

legatee in Urdu

وارث

legatee in Malayalam

heir, heiress, beneficiary
ഒസ്യത്തവകാശി, അനുഭവാവകാശക്കാരൻ, ഗുണഭോക്താവ്, ഉത്തരാധികാരി, ഭാഗധേയൻ, അനന്തരാവകാശി

legatee in Kannada

ದಾಯಗ್ರಾಹಕ, ದಾಯಾದಿ
More languagesFewer languages
legatee in Thai
ผู้รับพินัยกรรม pûu-ráp-pí-nai-gam

Synonyms of legatee

Antonyms

Forms of legatee

plurallegatees

Origin of legatee

From legate + -ee.

Words formed from legatee

Questions about legatee

What does legatee mean?
Legatee means one who receives a legacy (inheritance).
What is legatee in Tamil?
Legatee in Tamil is உயில்வழி உரிமையர். See Legatee meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is legatee?
Legatee is a noun.
How do you pronounce legatee?
Legatee is pronounced /ˌlɛɡəˈtiː/.
What is the plural of legatee?
The plural of legatee is legatees.

Words near legatee in the dictionary

  1. legat
  2. legataries
  3. legatary
  4. legate
  5. legated
  6. legatee
  7. legatees
  8. legateeship
  9. legateeships
  10. legates
  11. legateship

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Adapted from Wiktionary: legatee (page history and authors); legatee (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); legatee (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); legatee (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); legatee (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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