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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
legatee /ˌlɛgəˈtiː/

▶noun a person who receives a legacy.

– origin C17: from legate ‘bequeath’ (from L. legare ‘delegate, bequeath’) + -ee.

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