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heirhood

heirhood noun: the state or condition of being an heir; heirship.

Noun

heirhood (uncountable)

  1. The state or condition of being an heir; heirship
    • The sons she gives Trame's boy will do him as proud as he and his brothers have done their own father, sons who will also be my grandsons and grandheirs. Her husband will find her a greater prize than simply a means to heirhood.1987, Sharon Green, Lady Blade, Lord Fighter
    • Does this reflect a scribal scruple to have the element of universal heirhood incorporated, or is this a piety of Sara herself?1996, Robert Ignatius Burns, Jews in the Notarial Culture

Forms of heirhood

alternative formheir-hood

Origin of heirhood

From heir + -hood.

Questions about heirhood

What does heirhood mean?
Heirhood means the state or condition of being an heir; heirship.
What part of speech is heirhood?
Heirhood is a noun.

Words near heirhood in the dictionary

  1. heiresses-apparent
  2. heiresses-presumptive
  3. heiresshood
  4. heirhead
  5. heirheads
  6. heirhood
  7. heiring
  8. heirless
  9. heirlessness
  10. heirling
  11. heirlings

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