English Explanatory Dictionary

heritor

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A person who inherits; an heir or heiress.
  2. A proprietor or landholder in a parish.

Word forms

heritor heritors heretor heritour

Etymology

From Middle English heriter, from Anglo-Norman heriter, Old French heritier, earlier eretier, eritier, from Late Latin hērēditārium (from the adjective hērēditārius (“hereditary”)), which took the place of hērēs (“heir”). In the 16th century conformed to agent nouns in -our, -or. By surface analysis, herit + -or.

Derived words

coheritor
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