🇮🇳Hindi Source WordCode: HI

वसीयतदार

Pronunciation / Transliteration: wasiyatdar

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Legatee/ˌlɛɡ.əˈtiː/
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🇮🇳 Example Sentence in Hindi:

"वह अपनी वसीयत का मुख्य वसीयतदार था।"

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A person who receives a legacy or personal property left in a will.

    "The primary legatee of the estate was the late author's devoted niece."
  2. 2

    Someone who inherits a figurative tradition, cultural history, or consequence from a predecessor.

    "As the spiritual legatee of the civil rights movement, she continued the fight for equality."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Latin 'legatus', meaning someone sent with a commission or ambassador, stemming from the verb 'legare' (to bequeath or send). Entering Middle English via Anglo-Norman French in the 15th century, the term shifted from denoting a papal or political delegate to specifically designating a person receiving a legacy or bequest under a will.

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