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
Example Sentences
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She was the heritor of lawless, self-willed, passionate ancestors.
From A Man Four-Square by Raine, William MacLeod
In case o' failure, I fixed upon twa—May Walker, the dochter o' Gilbert Walker, an auld cattle-dealer, wha rented Langacres frae a chief heritor; and Agnes Lowrie, the dochter o' Benjamin Lowrie, feuar o' Muirbank.
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Vol. XX by Leighton, Alexander
If I quit this bright and glorious scene, without thought and gratitude to that Being who, I humbly trust, has made me an heritor of still greater things, I offend wittingly and without hope.
From The Red Rover by Cooper, James Fenimore
Then shall ye be an heritor of bliss, Where all joy and mirth is.
From A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 2 by Hazlitt, William Carew
I don't speak in favour of the population generally, more than I would do in favour of the merchant, or of the heritor, were it not for the truth.
From Second Shetland Truck System Report by Guthrie, William
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