Meaning

2 senses

  1. Someone who inherits something; an heir.

  2. A class, etc. that derives from another code element through inheritance.

More definitions
  • a person who is entitled by law or by the terms of a will to inherit the estate of another

Examples

1 sentences

  1. Being an only child, he was the sole inheritor.

    deAls Einzelkind war er der Alleinerbe. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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Origin

From Middle English enheriter, enheritour. Displaced Old English ierfenuma. By surface ana

From Middle English enheriter, enheritour. Displaced Old English ierfenuma. By surface analysis, inherit + -or.

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Forms

plural: inheritors
Singularinheritor
Pluralinheritors

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a person who is entitled by law or by the terms of a will to inherit the estate of another:heirheritor

Word family

4 related words
Relatedinheritressinheritrixinherit
Derivedcoinheritor

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
inherentC1inherentlyC1inheritB2inheritanceC1inhibitinhibitioninhibitorinhospitable
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