birthrights

• plural

  plural

  The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.

  of birthright.
  birthright

  noun

  any right or privilege to which a person is entitled by birth.

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birthrights

"We were all aware that we weren't being knighted or accepting a peerage. We all knew that the right we stood to gain was fairly inconsequential as inherited birthrights go."

From BBC ● Jun. 18, 2026

If birthrights actually existed, women might well feel that a lot of power is due to them.

From Salon ● Sep. 1, 2024

Now is the time to fulfill the birthrights of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness called for in the Declaration of Independence.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 2, 2020

The dividing line traced by roadblocks also is tugging on sensitivities about birthrights and inequities, as Native American visitors worry about the social stigma of being locked out because of the contagion.

From Washington Times ● May 8, 2020

They came muttering some wild jargon about "bulwarks," "bulkheads," "cofferdams," "safeguards," "noble charters," "shields," and "paladiums," "great and glorious birthrights," and other unintelligible gibberish.

From Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. I by Melville, Herman

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