Definitions
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Plural form of
birthright .
Etymologies
Sorry, no etymologies found.
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word birthrights.
Examples
-
Some of the most opulent and powerful spirits ever seen on earth have scarcely done more than indicate what kind of birthrights they bartered away for a mess of pottage.
The Joyful Heart Robert Haven Schauffler 1921
-
No matter what other differences they might have, pretty much all Iraqis understand that the question with respect to these "birthrights" is who will own them, giant multinational corporations, or the Iraqi people.
WN.com - Articles related to S Africa hospitals get army help 2010
-
No matter what other differences they might have, pretty much all Iraqis understand that the question with respect to these "birthrights" is who will own them, giant multinational corporations, or the Iraqi people.
WN.com - Articles related to S Africa hospitals get army help 2010
-
No matter what other differences they might have, pretty much all Iraqis understand that the question with respect to these "birthrights" is who will own them, giant multinational corporations, or the Iraqi people.
WN.com - Articles related to S Africa hospitals get army help 2010
-
I have rejected my ‘birthrights’ and voluntarily identified with the suppressed classes.
A Renegade History of the United States Thaddeus Russell 2010
-
The selling of birthrights, trying to serve two masters, and all of that.
-
Even in the face of a weak economy, "American travelers continue to treat vacations and travel as veritable birthrights," the report says.
-
The terrible answer, I believe, is that their birthrights were no longer to their taste.
The Coalition and the Constitution by Vernon Bogdanor – review 2011
-
Why did they sell their birthrights for a mess of pottage?
The Coalition and the Constitution by Vernon Bogdanor – review 2011
-
It is a dead certainty that, if she is admitted to the high court, the day will come when she will cast aside - carelessly, indifferently and without pause, but with a leering smile and chuckle on her lips -- our sacred birthrights as so much nuisance and interference with the government's right to direct our lives as it -- or she -- sees fit.
Tony Blankley: Lincoln or Kagan: Our Rights Have Deeper Roots Than the Constitution 2010
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.