birthright

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun a right or privilege that you are entitled to at birth
  2. noun an inheritance coming by right of birth (especially by primogeniture)
  3. noun personal characteristics that are inherited at birth

Etymology

From birth + right. Compare West Frisian berterjocht (“birthright”), Dutch geboorterecht (“birthright”), German Geburtsrecht (“birthright”). Compare also Icelandic frumburðarréttur (“birthright”).

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