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MANDATARY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does mandatary mean?
• MANDATARY (noun)
The noun MANDATARY has 1 sense:
1. the recipient of a mandate
Familiarity information: MANDATARY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The recipient of a mandate
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
mandatary; mandatory
Hypernyms ("mandatary" is a kind of...):
receiver; recipient (a person who receives something)
Derivation:
mandate (assign under a mandate)
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