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heritor

Syllabification: (her·i·tor)
Pronunciation: /ˈheritər/
Definition of heritor

noun

  • a person who inherits.

Origin:

late Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French heriter, based on Latin hereditarius (see hereditary). The spelling change in the 16th century was by association with words ending in -or1

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Definition of heritor in the British & World English dictionary