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heirdom

/ˈɛəɹdəm/

heirdom noun: an inheritance or succession.

Noun

heirdom (countable and uncountable, plural heirdoms)

  1. An inheritance or succession.
    • The fever’d diadem on my brow
      I claim’d and won usurpingly ——
      Hath not the same fierce heirdom given
      Rome to the Caesar — this to me?1829, Edgar Allan Poe, “Tamerlane”, in Al Aaraaf, Tamerlane and Minor Poems

heirdom meaning in Tamil, Urdu and Kannada

heirdom in Tamil

வாரிசுவழி, பரம்பரைச் சொத்து

heirdom in Urdu

حق وراثت

heirdom in Kannada

ಹಕ್ಕುದಾರಿಕೆ, ಉತ್ತರಾಧಿಕಾರ, ಬಾಧ್ಯಸ್ಥತೆ, ಉತ್ತರಾಧಿಕಾರಿಯಾಗಿರುವುದು, ಪಿತ್ರಾರ್ಜಿತವಾಗಿ ಪಡೆದದ್ದು

Synonyms of heirdom

Forms of heirdom

pluralheirdoms

Origin of heirdom

From heir + -dom.

Questions about heirdom

What does heirdom mean?
Heirdom means an inheritance or succession.
What is heirdom in Tamil?
Heirdom in Tamil is வாரிசுவழி, பரம்பரைச் சொத்து. See Heirdom meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is heirdom?
Heirdom is a noun.
How do you pronounce heirdom?
Heirdom is pronounced /ˈɛəɹdəm/.
What is the plural of heirdom?
The plural of heirdom is heirdoms.

Words near heirdom in the dictionary

  1. heir general
  2. heir presumptive
  3. heir-at-law
  4. heir-loom
  5. heir-looms
  6. heirdom
  7. heirdoms
  8. heire
  9. heired
  10. heires
  11. heiress

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Adapted from Wiktionary: heirdom (page history and authors); heirdom (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); heirdom (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); heirdom (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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