heritor

2 definitions found

heritor - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Heritor \Her"it*or\, n. [Cf. LL. her?ator, fr. L. heres an
     heir.]
     A proprietor or landholder in a parish. [Scot.]
     [1913 Webster]

heritor - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  heritor
      n 1: a person who is entitled by law or by the terms of a will
           to inherit the estate of another [syn: heir, inheritor,
           heritor]