heritor
Example Sentences
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Then shall ye be an heritor of bliss, Where all joy and mirth is.
From A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 2 by Hazlitt, William Carew
His principal heritor was the Lord Elphinstone of the time, and unfortunately the minister and the peer were not on good terms, and always ready to annoy each other by sharp sayings or otherwise.
From Reminiscences of Scottish Life and Character by Ramsay, Edward Bannerman
The heritor who was entitled to and always received this token of respect, was Mr. Miller, proprietor of Dalswinton.
From Reminiscences of Scottish Life and Character by Ramsay, Edward Bannerman
In case o' failure, I fixed upon twa—May Walker, the dochter o' Gilbert Walker, an auld cattle-dealer, wha rented Langacres frae a chief heritor; and Agnes Lowrie, the dochter o' Benjamin Lowrie, feuar o' Muirbank.
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Vol. XX by Leighton, Alexander
A new call in 1769 was signed neither by heritor, elder, or head of family.
From Chronicles of Strathearn by Macdougall, W. B.
