inheritor

== English == === Alternative forms === enheritour, inheritour (obsolete) === Etymology === From Middle English enheriter, enheritour. Displaced Old English ierfenuma. By surface analysis, inherit +‎ -or. === Noun === inheritor (plural inheritors) Someone who inherits something; an heir. (computing, programming) A class, etc. that derives from another code element through inheritance. ==== Derived terms ==== coinheritor ==== Related terms ==== coinheritress inheritress, inheritrix ==== Translations ====