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birthright
DEFINITIONS OF:
birthright
1
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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