heritor
Americannoun
noun
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Etymology
Origin of heritor
1375–1425; late Middle English alteration of Middle English heriter < Middle French heritier < Latin hērēditārius hereditary
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The chief heritor of the parish is Captain W. H. Drummond Moray of Abercairny, whose family, though old proprietors, seem never to have lived in the parish.
From Chronicles of Strathearn by W. B. Macdougall
This Herod knew one born should be, One born should be of true lineage, That should be right heritor; For he but by the Emperor Was made by usurpage.
From A Righte Merrie Christmasse The Story of Christ-Tide by Arthur C. Behrend
There seemed to be no direct responsibility on the part of any heritor for its upkeep, and what seemed everybody's business became nobody's.
From Chronicles of Strathearn by W. B. Macdougall
For though she was heritor of a life full-blooded and undisciplined, every fiber of her was clean and pure.
From A Man Four-Square by William MacLeod Raine
Appanage of time put in your keeping For my far-off heritor to hear.
From Behind the Arras A Book of the Unseen by Thomas Buford Meteyard
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