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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"Ye'll hae nae want o' thae sma' heritor creatures after ye, dame," said he, as he condescended to sit down by the blushing widow.
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 4 by Various
A fierce, untamed girl of primitive instincts, she was the heritor of the family temperament.
From The Sheriff's Son by Raine, William MacLeod
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 Behrend, Arthur C.
A young child have I For heritor; Too young to win forth From the house of his foes.—
From The Story of the Volsungs, (Volsunga Saga) With Excerpts from the Poetic Edda by Morris, William
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 Raine, William MacLeod
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