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heritor

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her⋅i⋅tor

  [her-i-ter]
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–noun
inheritor.
Origin:
1375–1425; late ME alter. of ME heriter < MF heritier < L hērēditārius hereditary
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her·i·tor   (hěr'ĭ-tər)   
n.  An inheritor.

[Alteration of Middle English heriter, from Anglo-Norman, from Medieval Latin hērēditārius; see hereditary.]
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