# inheritor

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #75,073

## Definitions
1. Someone who inherits something; an heir.
2. A class, etc. that derives from another code element through inheritance.

## Etymology
From Middle English enheriter, enheritour. Displaced Old English ierfenuma. By surface analysis, inherit + -or.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/inheritor