inheritor

English

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Etymology

From Middle English enheriter, enheritour. Displaced Old English ierfenuma. By surface analysis, inherit +‎ -or.

Noun

inheritor (plural inheritors)

  1. Someone who inherits something; an heir.
  2. (computing, programming) A class, etc. that derives from another code element through inheritance.

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