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HERITOR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does heritor mean? 

HERITOR (noun)
  The noun HERITOR has 1 sense:

1. a person who is entitled by law or by the terms of a will to inherit the estate of anotherplay

  Familiarity information: HERITOR used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


HERITOR (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A person who is entitled by law or by the terms of a will to inherit the estate of another

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

heir; heritor; inheritor

Hypernyms ("heritor" is a kind of...):

receiver; recipient (a person who receives something)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "heritor"):

heir apparent (an heir whose right to an inheritance cannot be defeated if that person outlives the ancestor)

heir-at-law (the person legally entitled to inherit the property of someone who dies intestate)

heiress; inheritress; inheritrix (a female heir)

heir presumptive (a person who expects to inherit but whose right can be defeated by the birth of a nearer relative)


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