Definitions
Etymologies
- inherit + -or (Wiktionary)
Examples
“Nolan is occasionally described as the inheritor of Stanley Kubrick's mantle, and there are allusions.”
“Greenaway's work were now repeated by the latest form of three-colour process, she would be less an "inheritor" -- in this respect -- "of unfulfilled renown.”
“Assets inherited from a spouse are not taxed as long as the inheritor is a U.S. citizen.”
“Eiki (aka the inheritor of Zhuge Liang's fan) hates waiting for her lovers to perform.”
“In it, the Shia imams who followed him after the massacre in Karbala instruct their followers to begin the address by calling Hussein the "inheritor" and "heir" of Adam,”
“The United States, the inheritor of Britain's Empire, is struggling to continue financing its vast sphere of influence.”
“Gore Vidal once named Hitchens as his inheritor or dauphin.”
“His advocacy for the Iraq war was only the latest of Hitchens's positions that many on the left found uncomfortable, and led to a chill in his relations with Gore Vidal, who had once nominated him a "successor, an inheritor, a dauphin or delphino".”
“But if taxes are to be based on Mankiw's proposal that those "who contribute more to society deserve a higher income that reflects those greater contributions," then inheritors who have contributed nothing themselves should pay substantially higher rates full disclosure: I am myself an inheritor.”
“For an 18th-century English gentlemen like Walter Shandy, his son is the Future in flesh—inheritor of his land, the propagator of his name.”
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Kangaroo Words
Words containing letters in sequence, together or apart, that form a definition or instance of the subsuming word. E.g., conTAmINaTe = the kangaroo word. TAINT = the joey. Theme from a NYT X-word ...
encourage, chariot, precipitation, neurotic, feaster, unsightly, charisma, inheritor, masculine, honorable, contaminate, regulate and 103 more...
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Law
common law, defense, plea, defendant, plaintiff, argument, law, grant, subpoena, tarnish, estoppel, replevin and 5 more...
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to acquire
moustache, thoughtcrime, lift, overall, razor, strength, oily, gin, oily gin, brotherhood, dull, toward and 108 more...
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oroboros inHErItoR Apr 22, 2008