inheritor
2 synonyms for inheritor, grouped by meaning and by how common each one is.
Noun — A person who receives an inheritance; an heir.
Synonyms
Less common
Still standard English, but they carry more weight.
Rare, literary or technical
Precise, but they will stand out — check the sense before using one.
heritor
Etymology
Comes from Middle English enheriter, enheritour, and displaced the earlier Old English word ierfenuma. On the surface it can be analysed as inherit + -or.
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