cestuy
English
Alternative forms
- cestui
Etymology
Middle French
Noun
cestuy (plural cestuys)
- (law) he; the one; the person in question
Derived terms
- cestuy que trust
- cestuy que use
- cestuy que vie
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for cestuy in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)
Anagrams
- cutesy, cuteys
Middle French
Etymology
Old French cestui
Pronoun
cestuy
- this one (the object/person in question)
Synonyms
- iceluy