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heritor

Pronunciation: /ˈhɛrɪtə/

Definition of heritor

noun

Scots Law

a proprietor of a heritable object.
an heir.

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