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Birthright

//ˈbɝθ.ɹaɪt// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Something a person is entitled to due to the circumstances of their birth, such as an inheritance or citizenship.

    "Not only has suburban life separated the great concentrated masses of our people from their birthright of meadows, fields and woods; of Nature, in her untamed splendour and mystery, most of them have never had so much as a momentary glimpse."

  2. 2
    a right or privilege that you are entitled to at birth wordnet
  3. 3
    an inheritance coming by right of birth (especially by primogeniture) wordnet

Etymology

From birth + right. Compare West Frisian berterjocht (“birthright”), Dutch geboorterecht (“birthright”), German Geburtsrecht (“birthright”). Compare also Icelandic frumburðarréttur (“birthright”).

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