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heritor
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun heritor has 1 sense
- heritor(n = noun.person) heir, inheritor - a person who is entitled by law or by the terms of a will to inherit the estate of another; Array is a kind of receiver, recipient
has particulars: heir apparent, heir-at-law, heiress, inheritress, inheritrix, heir presumptive
CIDE DICTIONARY
heritor, n. [Cf. LL. herator, fr. L. heres an heir.].
A proprietor or landholder in a parish. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
heritor, n. (esp. in Scottish Law) a person who inherits.
Etymology
ME f. AF heriter, OF heritier (as HEREDITARY), assim. to words in -OR(1)
ROGET THESAURUS
heritor
Possessor
N possessor, holder, occupant, occupier, tenant, person in possession, man in possession, renter, lodger, lessee, underlessee, zemindar, ryot, tenant on sufferance, tenant at will, tenant from year to year, tenant for years, tenant for life, owner, proprietor, proprietress, proprietary, impropriator, master, mistress, lord, land holder, land owner, landlord, land lady, slumlord, lord of the manor, lord paramount, heritor, laird, vavasour, landed gentry, mesne lord, planter, cestui-que-trust, beneficiary, mortgagor, grantee, feoffee, releasee, relessee, devisee, legatee, legatary, trustee, holder of the legal estate, mortgagee, right owner, rightful owner, heir presumptive, heir apparent, heiress, inheritor, inheritress, inheritrix, reversioner, remainderman.
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