inheritor
inheritor noun: someone who inherits something; an heir.
Noun
inheritor (plural inheritors)
- Someone who inherits something; an heir.
- A class, etc. that derives from another code element through inheritance.
inheritor meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam
inheritor in Tamil
- சொத்துரிமையாளர்
inheritor in Urdu
- وارث
inheritor in Bengali
- উত্তরাধিকারী, ওয়ারিশ
inheritor in Malayalam
- legatee, heir, heiress
- അവകാശി, അനന്തരാവകാശി, ഉത്തരാധികാരി, പിൻതുടർച്ചക്കാരൻ, ദായാദൻ, ദായാദി
More languagesFewer languages
- inheritor in Kannada
- ಉತ್ತರಾಧಿಕಾರಿ, ವಾರಸುದಾರ
Forms of inheritor
| plural | inheritors |
|---|---|
| alternative form (obsolete) | enheritour |
| alternative form (obsolete) | inheritour |
Origin of inheritor
From Middle English enheriter, enheritour. Displaced Old English ierfenuma. By surface analysis, inherit + -or.
Words formed from inheritor
Questions about inheritor
- What does inheritor mean?
- Inheritor means someone who inherits something; an heir.
- What is inheritor in Tamil?
- Inheritor in Tamil is சொத்துரிமையாளர். See Inheritor meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is inheritor?
- Inheritor is a noun.
- What is the plural of inheritor?
- The plural of inheritor is inheritors.
Words near inheritor in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: inheritor (page history and authors); inheritor (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); inheritor (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); Inheritor (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); inheritor (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); inheritor (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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