Definition of Inheritor

1. Noun. A person who is entitled by law or by the terms of a will to inherit the estate of another.

Exact synonyms: Heir, Heritor
Generic synonyms: Receiver, Recipient
Specialized synonyms: Heir Apparent, Heir-at-law, Heiress, Inheritress, Inheritrix, Heir Presumptive
Derivative terms: Inherit

Definition of Inheritor

1. n. One who inherits; an heir.

Definition of Inheritor

1. Noun. Someone who inherits something; an heir. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Inheritor

1. one that inherits [n -S] - See also: inherits

Lexicographical Neighbors of Inheritor

inheritably
inheritance
inheritance powder
inheritance tax
inheritance taxes
inheritances
inherited
inherited albumin variants
inherited character
inherited disease
inherited disorder
inherited wealth
inheriter
inheriters
inheriting
inheritor (current term)
inheritors
inheritour
inheritress
inheritresses
inheritrices
inheritrix
inheritrixes
inherits
inherse
inhersed
inherses
inhersing
inhesion
inhesions

Literary usage of Inheritor

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"... the inheritor of Mozart and Beethoven, the last of the purely classic school, notwithstanding the many interesting phases of his genius, must be treated ..."

2. The Works of William Shakespeare: The Plays Ed. from the Folio of MDCXXIII by William Shakespeare (1871)
"... the mother of William Shakespeare could have looked on him only as the probable inheritor of his father's little wealth, the possible recipient of his ..."

3. Certaine Considerations Upon the Government of England by Roger Twysden, John Mitchell Kemble (1849)
"... but after the good lawes established and observed by Ed. the 1 the true inheritor was sel- dome doubted, and the people, growne wise by many troubles, ..."

4. London Encyclopaedia; Or, Universal Dictionary of Science, Art, Literature by Thomas Tegg (1829)
"The very conveyances of his lands will hardly lie in this box ; and must the inheritor himself have no morel Id. Treason is not inherited, my lord. ..."

5. The World's Congress of Representative Women: A Historical Résumé for by May Wright Sewall (1894)
"... for Christianity to make of the humblest tiller of the soil, the veriest drawer of water, a child of the Most High, an inheritor of immortality. ..."

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