heritor

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Etymology

From Middle English heriter, from Anglo-Norman heriter, Old French heritier, earlier eretier, eritier, from Late Latin hērēditārium (from the adjective hērēditārius (“hereditary”)), which took the place of hērēs (“heir”). In the 16th century conformed to agent nouns in -our, -or.[1] By surface analysis, herit +‎ -or.

Noun

heritor (plural heritors)

  1. A person who inherits; an heir or heiress.
  2. (Scots law) A proprietor or landholder in a parish.
    • 1951 February, Michael Robbins, “Sir Walter Scott and Two Early Railway Schemes”, in Railway Magazine, page 87:
      The printed statement reads (abridged in parts):—
      "To the Interested HERITORS in the Counties of Mid-Lothian, Roxburgh, Selkirk, and Berwick. […]

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  1. ^ “heritor, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

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