Heritor
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A person who inherits; an heir or heiress.
- 2 a person who is entitled by law or by the terms of a will to inherit the estate of another wordnet
- 3 A proprietor or landholder in a parish.
"The printed statement reads (abridged in parts):— "To the Interested HERITORS in the Counties of Mid-Lothian, Roxburgh, Selkirk, and Berwick. […]"
Example
More examples"The printed statement reads (abridged in parts):— "To the Interested HERITORS in the Counties of Mid-Lothian, Roxburgh, Selkirk, and Berwick. […]"
Etymology
From 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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