birthright
Something a person is entitled to due to the circumstances of their birth, such as an…Something a person is entitled to due to the circumstances of their birth, such as an inheritance or citizenship.
» The education is the birthright of every child.
Meaning
1 sensesSomething a person is entitled to due to the circumstances of their birth, such as an inheritance or citizenship.
Freedom of speech is our birthright.
Geburtsrecht
a right or privilege that you are entitled to at birth
Examples
5 sentencesThe education is the birthright of every child.
Anne was one of the children of light by birthright.
deAnne gehörte durch Geburtsrecht zu den Kindern des Lichts.
And Jacob said to him: Sell me thy first birthright.
He answered: Lo I die, what will the first birthright avail me?
Jacob said: Swear therefore to me. Esau swore to him, and sold his first birthright.
Translations
3 languagesBy meaning 1
Origin
From birth + right. Compare West Frisian berterjocht (“birthright”), Dutch geboorterecht (From birth + right. Compare West Frisian berterjocht (“birthright”), Dutch geboorterecht (“birthright”), German Geburtsrecht (“birthright”). Compare also Icelandic frumburðarréttur (“birthright”).
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Forms
plural: birthrights| Singular | birthright |
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Synonyms
1 synonyms- an inheritance coming by right of birth (especially by primogeniture):patrimony