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The definition of legacy is something that is passed on to you from family, including reputation.

(noun)

An example of legacy is family property that has been handed down for generations.

Legacy is defined as having had a family member attend a university before you.

(noun)

An example of a legacy is a college student who applies to Harvard because his grandfather and father both went there.

Legacy means an older style or system.

(adjective)

An example of legacy is the filing system of a previous secretary at your new job.

See legacy in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun pl. legacies

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

Origin: 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 something outdated or otherwise undesirable, that is carried over from a previous system, business operation, etc.

See legacy in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun pl. leg·a·cies

Money or property bequeathed to another by will.
Something handed down from an ancestor or a predecessor or from the past: a legacy of religious freedom. See Synonyms at heritage.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English legacie, office of a deputy

Origin: , from Old French

Origin: , from Medieval Latin lēgātia

Origin: , from Latin lēgātus

Origin: , past participle of lēgāre, to depute, bequeath; see leg- in Indo-European roots

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