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birthright

DEFINITIONS OF: birthright

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n a right or privilege that you are entitled to at birth

“free public education is the birthright of every American child”
Type of:
heritage, inheritance
any attribute or immaterial possession that is inherited from ancestors

n an inheritance coming by right of birth (especially by primogeniture)

Synonyms:
patrimony
Type of:
heritage, inheritance
that which is inherited; a title or property or estate that passes by law to the heir on the death of the owner

n personal characteristics that are inherited at birth

Type of:
heritage, inheritance
any attribute or immaterial possession that is inherited from ancestors
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