Definition of Legator

1. n. A testator; one who bequeaths a legacy.

Definition of Legator

1. Noun. A donor. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Legator

1. one that legates [n -S] - See also: legates

Lexicographical Neighbors of Legator

legals
legataries
legatary
legate
legated
legatee
legatees
legates
legateship
legateships
legatine
legating
legation
legations
legato
legator (current term)
legators
legatos
legature
legbreaker
legbreakers
lege
leged
legement
legend
legend in one's own lunchtime
legendaire
legendaria
legendaries
legendarily

Literary usage of Legator

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Decisions of the Lords of Council and Session: In Most Cases of by Scotland Court of Session (1698)
"... the faid Defender was not only named Tutor, but was a legator ; a ... that the Defender bein£ Executor legator was obliged to do Diligence -, It was ..."

2. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1883)
"In his memo legator repeated a verbal report he had heard from a reputable ... legator felt this to be very important because some N-hydroxylated compounds ..."

3. Code Relating to the Poor in the State of New York: Containing Such Laws of by Edward Wade (1870)
"The donor or legator shall name the patient who shall occupy the said free bed, but in case the donor or legator shall fail to name a patient to occupy the ..."

4. The Rights of Man to Property!: Being a Proposition to Make it Equal Among by Thomas Skidmore (1829)
"1 use the word legator ; but the word donor is equally applicable ; since the latter gives the property, it may be, a few years sooner ; the difference ..."

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