inheritor
nounEtymology From Middle English enheriter, enheritour. Displaced Old English ierfenuma. By surface analysis, inherit + -or.
1
Someone who inherits something; an heir.
2
Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Programming, Sciences A class, etc. that derives from another code element through inheritance.
- Derived terms
- coinheritor
- Related terms
- coinheritress, inheritress, inheritrix