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headrights

headrights is the plural of headright.

Meaning of headright

Noun

headright (plural headrights)

  1. (Canada, US, historical) A legal grant to own unsettled land in colonial America, or the land so claimed.
    • By 1846 we had moved past the line of settlement, to my father's headright on the Pedernales.2013, Philipp Meyer, The Son, Simon & Schuster, published 2014, page 4

Questions about headrights

What is headrights the plural of?
Headrights is the plural of headright.

Words near headrights in the dictionary

  1. headrests
  2. Headrick
  3. Headricks
  4. headrig
  5. headright
  6. headrights
  7. headrigs
  8. headring
  9. headrings
  10. headroach
  11. headroaches

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