heritor

English

Alternative forms

• heretor
• heritour (obsolete)

Etymology

Compare Latin herator, from Latin heres (“an heir”).

Noun

heritor (plural heritors)

1. A person who inherits; an heir or heiress.
2. (Scots law) A proprietor or landholder in a parish.
   • 1951 February, Michael Robbins, “Sir Walter Scott and Two Early Railway Schemes”, in Railway Magazine, page 87:

     The printed statement reads (abridged in parts):—
     "To the Interested HERITORS in the Counties of Mid-Lothian, Roxburgh, Selkirk, and Berwick. […]

Coordinate terms

• heritress
• heritrix

Translations

heritor — see heir

Anagrams

• Herriot