heritor

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There seemed to be no direct responsibility on the part of any heritor for its upkeep, and what seemed everybody's business became nobody's.

From Chronicles of Strathearn by Macdougall, W. B.

A fierce, untamed girl of primitive instincts, she was the heritor of the family temperament.

From The Sheriff's Son by Raine, William MacLeod

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

"Ye'll hae nae want o' thae sma' heritor creatures after ye, dame," said he, as he condescended to sit down by the blushing widow.

From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 4 by Various

The chief heritor of the parish is Captain W. H. Drummond Moray of Abercairny, whose family, though old proprietors, seem never to have lived in the parish.

From Chronicles of Strathearn by Macdougall, W. B.