heritor
Example Sentences
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The chief heritor of the parish is Captain W. H. Drummond Moray of Abercairny, whose family, though old proprietors, seem never to have lived in the parish.
From Chronicles of Strathearn by W. B. Macdougall
His principal heritor was the Lord Elphinstone of the time, and unfortunately the minister and the peer were not on good terms, and always ready to annoy each other by sharp sayings or otherwise.
From Reminiscences of Scottish Life and Character by Edward Bannerman Ramsay
"Ye'll hae nae want o' thae sma' heritor creatures after ye, dame," said he, as he condescended to sit down by the blushing widow.
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 4 by Various
And, after some farther concerted arrangements, the heritor left his affianced, and proceeded to Cauldshouthers, to report to Grizelda what he had achieved.
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 4 by Various
An old heritor once said to me that the only thing that really roused the devil in a Scotsman's heart was trespassing on his ecclesiastical allotment.'
From Victory out of Ruin by Norman Maclean
