inheritor
Meanings
noun
- Someone who inherits something; an heir.
- A class, etc. that derives from another code element through inheritance.
Word forms
Etymology
From Middle English enheriter, enheritour. Displaced Old English ierfenuma. By surface analysis, inherit + -or.
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