legacy hunter

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legacy hunter - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Legacy \Leg"a*cy\ (l[e^]g"[.a]*s[y^]), n.; pl. Legacies
     (-s[i^]z). [L. (assumed) legatia, for legatum, from legare to
     appoint by last will, to bequeath as a legacy, to depute: cf.
     OF. legat legacy. See Legate.]
     1. A gift of property by will, esp. of money or personal
        property; a bequest. Also Fig.; as, a legacy of dishonor
        or disease.
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     2. A business with which one is intrusted by another; a
        commission; -- obsolete, except in the phrases last
        legacy, dying legacy, and the like.
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              My legacy and message wherefore I am sent into the
              world.                                --Tyndale.
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              He came and told his legacy.          --Chapman.
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     Legacy duty, a tax paid to government on legacies.
        --Wharton.
  
     Legacy hunter, one who flatters and courts any one for the
        sake of a legacy.
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