inheritor

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From Middle English enheriter, enheritour; equivalent to inherit +‎ -or. Displaced native Old English ierfenuma.

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inheritor (plural inheritors)

  1. Someone who inherits something; an heir.
  2. (computing, programming) A class, etc. that derives from another code element through inheritance.

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