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legatee

noun as in beneficiary

noun as in holder

noun as in owner

noun as in recipient

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She wore white, the color of the suffragette movement, of which Pelosi was a legatee and enormous champion.

“How can you say that?” he asked, noting that Cheney had opposed same-sex marriage and was a legatee of the father of the Iraq War.

In this respect, Trump is but the crude, know-nothing legatee of a regressive process long in the making.

Republicans, after George W. Bush’s presidency, did not flock to him for advice or run as his legatee.

Despite some obvious gains, we are still pecking away at systemic issues and deep-seated beliefs that have been bequeathed to present-day legatees.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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