birthright (ˈbɜːθˌraɪt
)
Definitions
noun
- privileges or possessions that a person has or is believed to be entitled to as soon as he is born
- the privileges or possessions of a first-born son
- inheritance; patrimony
Usage examples
Without my birthright , he thought, I would have been my father's son.
, Yellow Bird (1993)Even as a child, she yearns for a more glamorous life than her birthright promises.
Megastar (2004)They see implantation as a threat to a deaf child's " birthright of silence.
New Zealand Herald (2003)Still, for Nemo, these days must sometimes seem like a birthright.
Times, Sunday Times (2002)Italy, which had regained its own nationality within living memory, felt cheated of the empire that was its birthright.
, HOTEL TIBERIAS: A Tale of Two Grandfathers (2004)