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Added 9 October 2026

inheritor

noun

noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. More about inheritor at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

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

Origin

From Middle English enheriter, enheritour. Displaced Old English ierfenuma. By surface analysis, inherit + -or.

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