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legator|lɪˈgeɪtə(r)|
[a. L. lēgātor, agent-n. f. lēgāre to bequeath.]
One who gives something by will; a testator.
1651G. W. tr. Cowel's Inst. 132 A Legator may make a Substitution Pupillary. 1687Dryden Hind & P. ii. 375 A fair estate, Bequeath'd by some Legator's last intent. 1845McCulloch Taxation ii. vi. §3 (1852) 298 The greater number of legators might have defeated the tax. 1878J. Stark Scot. Claims 18 The residue of the legator's estate.
Hence legaˈtorial a., of or pertaining to a legator or testator.
1883J. Payn Thicker than Water III. xli. 115 Knowing that his codicil was secure, the legatorial anxieties which were obviously consuming those about him were not without their charms for him. |