leg‧a‧tee /ˌleɡəˈtiː/
noun [countable][
Date: 1600-1700;
Origin: legate 'to leave after death' (16-21 centuries), from Latin legatus; ⇒ legate]
law someone who receives money or property from a person who has died
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