English dictionary
birthright
/'b/[@]/r/T/,r/aI/t/
Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.
noun
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a right or privilege that you are entitled to at birth
ExamplesFree public education is the birthright of every American child.
Source: WordNet 3.0
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an inheritance coming by right of birth (especially by primogeniture)
Synonyms patrimonySource: WordNet 3.0
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personal characteristics that are inherited at birth
Source: WordNet 3.0
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Any right, privilege, or possession to which a person is entitled by birth, such as an estate descendible by law to an heir, or civil liberty under a free constitution; esp. the rights or inheritance of the first born.
Source: webster1913