birthright

/ˌbʌrθˈraɪt/
/ˈbʌθraɪt/
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Other forms: birthrights

Definitions of birthright
  1. noun
    a right or privilege that you are entitled to at birth
    “free public education is the birthright of every American child”
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    type of:
    heritage, inheritance
    any attribute or immaterial possession that is inherited from ancestors
  2. noun
    an inheritance coming by right of birth (especially by primogeniture)
    synonyms: patrimony
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    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
  3. noun
    personal characteristics that are inherited at birth
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    type of:
    heritage, inheritance
    any attribute or immaterial possession that is inherited from ancestors
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