heritor

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"Ah! hadst thou liked me less and loved me more, Through all these summer days of joy and rain, I had not now been sorrow's heritor, Or stood a lackey in the House of Pain."

From Oscar Wilde A Critical Study by Ransome, Arthur

The heritor who was entitled to and always received this token of respect, was Mr. Miller, proprietor of Dalswinton.

From Reminiscences of Scottish Life and Character by Ramsay, Edward Bannerman

Among the persons drawn to Baldarroch by these occurrences were the heritor, the minister, and all the elders of the Kirk, under whose superintendence an investigation was immediately commenced.

From Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions — Volume 2 by Mackay, Charles

A fierce, untamed girl of primitive instincts, she was the heritor of the family temperament.

From The Sheriff's Son by Raine, William MacLeod

In 1740, Mr Oliphant, as almost sole heritor, intruded the Rev. John M'Leish into the parish, in opposition to the wishes of a large majority of the people.

From Chronicles of Strathearn by Macdougall, W. B.