inheritor

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inheritor

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From Middle English enheriter, enheritour. Displaced Old English ierfenuma. By surface analysis, inherit + -or.

noun inheritors · enheritour · inheritour

Someone who inherits something; an heir.
A class, etc. that derives from another code element through inheritance.

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@misc{inheritor_2026,
  title = {inheritor},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/inheritor},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}