remainderman

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noun

A person entitled to receive a remainder interest in any property.

OriginMiddle English man ← Old English mann ← Proto-West Germanic *mann →
Scrabble 17
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Meanings

nounremainderman (plural remaindermen)

plural remaindermen

  1. lawA person entitled to receive a remainder interest in any property.
  2. lawA person entitled to the assets of a trust at the end of some specified period or after some event. For instance a man's will might put his assets into a trust with the income to go to his wife until she dies (being a life interest), at which time the capital (remainder interest) goes to their children. The children are remaindermen.

Origin

  1. Englishremainder
  2. Proto-Indo-European*mon-
  3. Proto-Germanic*mann-
  4. Proto-West Germanic*mann
  5. Old Englishmann
  6. Middle Englishman
  7. Englishremainderman

From remainder + -man.

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APA

remainderman. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/remainderman

MLA

“remainderman.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/remainderman. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “remainderman,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/remainderman.

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