heritor

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

heritor
    n 1: a person who is entitled by law or by the terms of a will
         to inherit the estate of another [syn: {heir}, {inheritor},
         {heritor}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Heritor \Her"it*or\, n. [Cf. LL. her?ator, fr. L. heres an
   heir.]
   A proprietor or landholder in a parish. [Scot.]
   [1913 Webster]

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