legatee

Example Sentences

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But where are the legatees of Knudson and Kaiser?

From Washington Post • Aug. 2, 2019

And let’s not forget moderate Democrats, the spiritual legatees of the New Deal.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 12, 2016

Glover tends to see himself and a few others, legatees of certain approved elders, as “the Last HooFeRz standing,” with the right to dictate how tap should be done.

From The New Yorker • Nov. 30, 2015

Most of Auntie Fannie's legatees, of course, came in with items that were what an auction house employee delicately called "more decorative than collective"�meaning junk.

From Time Magazine Archive

Nine ladies were mentioned by name, and the legacy had been placed in the hands of Sztolarik to be paid at once to the legatees.

From St. Peter's Umbrella by Mikszáth, Kálmán