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Definition of Inheritor
1. Noun. A person who is entitled by law or by the terms of a will to inherit the estate of another.
Generic synonyms: Receiver, Recipient
Specialized synonyms: Heir Apparent, Heir-at-law, Heiress, Inheritress, Inheritrix, Heir Presumptive
Derivative terms: Inherit
Definition of Inheritor
1. n. One who inherits; an heir.
Definition of Inheritor
1. Noun. Someone who inherits something; an heir. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Inheritor
1. one that inherits [n -S] - See also: inherits
Lexicographical Neighbors of Inheritor
Literary usage of Inheritor
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"... the inheritor of Mozart and Beethoven, the last of the purely classic school,
notwithstanding the many interesting phases of his genius, must be treated ..."
2. The Works of William Shakespeare: The Plays Ed. from the Folio of MDCXXIII by William Shakespeare (1871)
"... the mother of William Shakespeare could have looked on him only as the probable
inheritor of his father's little wealth, the possible recipient of his ..."
3. Certaine Considerations Upon the Government of England by Roger Twysden, John Mitchell Kemble (1849)
"... but after the good lawes established and observed by Ed. the 1 the true
inheritor was sel- dome doubted, and the people, growne wise by many troubles, ..."
4. London Encyclopaedia; Or, Universal Dictionary of Science, Art, Literature by Thomas Tegg (1829)
"The very conveyances of his lands will hardly lie in this box ; and must the
inheritor himself have no morel Id. Treason is not inherited, my lord. ..."
5. The World's Congress of Representative Women: A Historical Résumé for by May Wright Sewall (1894)
"... for Christianity to make of the humblest tiller of the soil, the veriest drawer
of water, a child of the Most High, an inheritor of immortality. ..."
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