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heritor definition

heri·tor (her′ə tər)

noun

an inheritor, or heir

Etymology: ME heriter < OFr heritier < ML hereditarius (for L heres, heir) < L, hereditary

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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