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inheriter

inheriter is the alternative form of inheritor.

Meaning of inheritor

Noun

inheritor (plural inheritors)

  1. Someone who inherits something; an heir.
  2. A class, etc. that derives from another code element through inheritance.

Forms of inheriter

pluralinheriters

Origin of inheriter

From inherit + -er.

Questions about inheriter

What is inheriter the alternative form of?
Inheriter is the alternative form of inheritor.

Words near inheriter in the dictionary

  1. inherited audiences
  2. inheritedness
  3. inheritee
  4. inheritees
  5. inheritence
  6. inheriter
  7. inheriters
  8. inheriting
  9. inheritocracies
  10. inheritocracy
  11. inheritocrat

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Adapted from Wiktionary: inheriter (page history and authors); inheritor (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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