All legate synonyms
leg·ate
L l noun legate
- ambassador — An ambassador is an important official who lives in a foreign country and represents his or her own country's interests there.
- deputy — A deputy is the second most important person in an organization such as a business or government department. Someone's deputy often acts on their behalf when they are not there.
- agent — A chemical that has a particular effect or is used for a particular purpose can be referred to as a particular kind of agent.
- delegate — A delegate is a person who is chosen to vote or make decisions on behalf of a group of other people, especially at a conference or a meeting.
- representative — a person or thing that represents another or others.
- nuncio — a diplomatic representative of the pope at a foreign court or capital: equal in status to an ambassador.
- envoy — A messenger or representative, especially one on a diplomatic mission.
- emissary — A person sent on a special mission, usually as a diplomatic representative.
- diplomat — a person appointed by a national government to conduct official negotiations and maintain political, economic, and social relations with another country or countries.
- messenger — a person who carries a message or goes on an errand for another, especially as a matter of duty or business.
- consul — A consul is an official who is sent by his or her government to live in a foreign city in order to look after all the people there that belong to his or her own country.
verb legate
- leave behind — fail to bring
- will — Wallace, 1875–1959, U.S. journalist and humorist.
- disherit — to disinherit.
- pass on — to move past; go by: to pass another car on the road.
- probate — Law. the official proving of a will as authentic or valid in a probate court.
- give over — to present voluntarily and without expecting compensation; bestow: to give a birthday present to someone.
- leave — to go out of or away from, as a place: to leave the house.
- bequeath — If you bequeath your money or property to someone, you legally state that they should have it when you die.
- hand on — the terminal, prehensile part of the upper limb in humans and other primates, consisting of the wrist, metacarpal area, fingers, and thumb.