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legacy definition

lega·cy (leg′ə sē)

noun pl. legacies -·cies

  1. money or property left to someone by a will; bequest
  2. anything handed down from, or as from, an ancestor
  3. ☆ a student applying or admitted to a college or university who is a relative of an alumnus

Etymology: ME legacie < OFr < ML legatia < L legatus: see legate

adjective

being or having to do with something, esp. something outdated or otherwise undesirable, that is carried over from a previous system, business operation, etc.

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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