inheritor

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Someone who inherits something; an heir.
  2. A class, etc. that derives from another code element through inheritance.

Word forms

inheritor inheritors enheritour inheritour

Etymology

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

Related words

coinheritress inheritress inheritrix

Derived words

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