Inheritor
noun
noun ·4 syllables ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Someone who inherits something; an heir.
- 2 a person who is entitled by law or by the terms of a will to inherit the estate of another wordnet
- 3 A class, etc. that derives from another code element through inheritance.
Example
More examples"Being an only child, he was the sole inheritor."
Etymology
From Middle English enheriter, enheritour. Displaced Old English ierfenuma. By surface analysis, inherit + -or.