Meanings
plural inheritors · alternative obsolete enheritour · alternative obsolete inheritour
- Someone who inherits something; an heir.
- computingA class, etc. that derives from another code element through inheritance.
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna person who is entitled by law or by the terms of a will to inherit the estate of another
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Middle Englishenheriter
- Englishinheritor
From Middle English enheriter, enheritour. Displaced Old English ierfenuma. By surface analysis, inherit + -or.
More words from Middle English
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
inheritor. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/inheritor
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