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Noun: birthright  'burth,rIt
  1. A right or privilege that you are entitled to at birth
    "free public education is the birthright of every American child"
     
  2. An inheritance coming by right of birth (especially by primogeniture)
    "As the eldest son, he claimed the estate as his birthright";
    - patrimony

Derived forms: birthrights

Type of: heritage, inheritance

Encyclopedia: Birthright, Texas