inheritor
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of inheritor
First recorded in 1400–50, inheritor is from the late Middle English word enheritour, enheriter. See inherit, -or 2
Example Sentences
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A little known group called Tashkil al-Waritheen, or the Inheritor, claimed responsibility for the attack on al-Harir.
From Reuters • Oct. 18, 2023
Inheritor of the late Governor Ritchie's conservative mantle is dapper, jut-jawed Senator Millard Tydings.
From Time Magazine Archive
Inheritor of the Greek philosophers, he allows dialectics too great margin.
From Delsarte System of Oratory by Various
Inheritor of large holdings in Eastern cotton-mill stock, he had returned from abroad on the death of his father, to look into this source of his very ample income.
From The Power and the Glory by Keller, Arthur Ignatius
I boasted—but I thought on him, Inheritor of all—all what? my wrongs - Follower of me—and whither? to the grave - Ah, no: it should have been so years far hence!
From Count Julian by Landor, Walter Savage
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