What does the word legacy mean?
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A bequest.
Part of speech: noun
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Usage examples for legacy
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He had received as a legacy from an uncle a few shares of stock in the Traders' Bank, and now his joy was turned to bitterness: he had to sacrifice everything he had in the world, and his feeling against Paul Armstrong, dead, as he was, must have been bitter in the extreme. – The Circular Staircase by Mary Roberts Rinehart
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It was now two years since Robert had inherited a small legacy of money from an aunt, and spent it in waste, as the farmer bitterly supposed. – The Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith by George Meredith
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The inheritance of tragedy from the Middle Ages includes an important legacy from literature entirely apart from the drama. – Tragedy by Ashley H. Thorndike