heritor

[ her-i-ter ]

noun

1. inheritor.

heritor

/ ˈhɛrɪtə; ˈhɛrɪtrɪs /

noun

1. Scots law a person who inherits; inheritor

Derived Forms

• heritress, noun:feminine

Other Words From

• non·heri·tor noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of heritor¹

1375–1425; late Middle English alteration of Middle English heriter < Middle French heritier < Latin hērēditārius hereditary

Example Sentences

He was appointed to the top spot in the days immediately following Baghdadi's death in October 2019, having been delegated the likely heritor by the group's shura council just over two months before the deadly raid.

From Fox News

The underlying passion and regret find their supreme expression in the lines— "Ah! hadst thou liked me less and loved me more, Through all those summer days of joy and rain, I had not now been sorrow's heritor Or stood a lackey in the House of Pain."

From Project Gutenberg

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 Project Gutenberg

"Ah! hadst thou liked me less and loved me more, Through all these summer days of joy and rain, I had not now been sorrow's heritor, Or stood a lackey in the House of Pain."

From Project Gutenberg

He of Glyngog is therefore indisputable heritor of Llangorren; and no one disputing it, he is now in possession, having entered upon it soon as the legal formularies could be gone through with.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• buyer
• landowner
• partner
• purchaser