birthright means something a person is entitled to due to the circumstances of their birth, such as an inheritance or citizenship. Lexicurio rates it Distinctive — a strength score of 65 out of 100.
birthright is pronounced /ˈbɝθ.ɹaɪt/.
Etymology
From birth + right. Compare West Frisian berterjocht (“birthright”), Dutch geboorterecht (“birthright”), German Geburtsrecht (“birthright”). Compare also Icelandic frumburðarréttur (“birthright”).
noun
- Something a person is entitled to due to the circumstances of their birth, such as an inheritance or citizenship.“Not only has suburban life separated the great concentrated masses of our people from their birthright of meadows, fields and woods; of Nature, in her untamed splendour and mystery, most of them have never had so much as a momentary glimpse.”