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BIRTHRIGHT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Personal characteristics that are inherited at birth
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("birthright" is a kind of...):
heritage; inheritance (any attribute or immaterial possession that is inherited from ancestors)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A right or privilege that you are entitled to at birth
Example:
free public education is the birthright of every American child
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("birthright" is a kind of...):
heritage; inheritance (any attribute or immaterial possession that is inherited from ancestors)
Sense 3
Meaning:
An inheritance coming by right of birth (especially by primogeniture)
Synonyms:
birthright; patrimony
Classified under:
Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession
Hypernyms ("birthright" is a kind of...):
heritage; inheritance (that which is inherited; a title or property or estate that passes by law to the heir on the death of the owner)
