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birth·right

   [burth-rahyt]
noun
any right or privilege to which a person is entitled by birth: Democracy maintains that freedom is a birthright.
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Origin:
1525–35; birth + right
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birthright
1530s, from birth + right. Used as an adj. from 1650s, especially by Quakers.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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