heritor
heritor · heritors
A person who inheritsA person who inherits; an heir or heiress.
Meaning
2 sensesA person who inherits; an heir or heiress.
a person who is entitled by law or by the terms of a will to inherit the estate of another
A proprietor or landholder in a parish.
Origin
From Middle English heriter, from Anglo-Norman heriter, Old French heritier, earlier eretiFrom Middle English heriter, from Anglo-Norman heriter, Old French heritier, earlier eretier, eritier, from Late Latin hērēditārium (from the adjective hērēditārius (“hereditary”)), which took the place of hērēs (“heir”). In the 16th century conformed to agent nouns in -our, -or. By surface analysis, herit + -or.
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plural: heritorsSynonyms
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