INHERITOR

heir, inheritor, heritor

(noun) a person who is entitled by law or by the terms of a will to inherit the estate of another

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

inheritor (plural inheritors)

Someone who inherits something; an heir.

(computing, programming) A class, etc. that derives from another code element through inheritance.

Source: Wiktionary


In*her"it*or, n.

Definition: One who inherits; an heir. Born inheritors of the dignity. Milton.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

11 June 2025

LIGHT

(adjective) having relatively few calories; “diet cola”; “light (or lite) beer”; “lite (or light) mayonnaise”; “a low-cal diet”


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Coffee Trivia

The world’s most expensive coffee costs more than US$700 per kilogram. Asian palm civet – a cat-like creature in Indonesia, eats fruits, including select coffee cherries. It excretes partially digested seeds that produce a smooth, less acidic brew of coffee called kopi luwak.

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