heritor

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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

"Ah! hadst thou liked me less and loved me more, Through all these summer days of joy and rain, I had not now been sorrow's heritor, Or stood a lackey in the House of Pain."

From Oscar Wilde A Critical Study by Ransome, Arthur

"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

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

From The Sheriff's Son by Raine, William MacLeod