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6 lettersPronunciation /ˈlɛɡɪt/Part of speech nounSorted aeegltStarts with LEnds with E0 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. a member of a legation

Word origin

Inherited from Old English legat(e), from Old French legat, from Latin lēgātus, substantivized from the perfect passive participle of lēgō (“to bequeath, send as envoy”).

Used in a sentence

  • Moſt great and puiſant Monarke of the earth, Your Baſſoe wil accompliſh your beheſt: And ſhew your pleaſure to the Perſean, As fits the Legate of the ſtately Turke.
  • The dark figure on the raised white terrace; legate of the sun facing the sun; the most ancient royal power.
  • Legate, I had the news last night—my cohort ordered home By ships to Portus Itius and thence by road to Rome.

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