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6 letters · 7 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun a member of a legation
originBorrowed from Latin lēgātum (“a legacy”), substantivized from the neuter forms of the perfect passive participle of lēgō (“to bequeath, leave as legacy, legate”). Doublet of legacy.
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