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birth·right  (bûrthrt)
n.
1. A right, possession, or privilege that is one's due by birth. See Synonyms at right.
2. A special privilege accorded a firstborn.

birthright [ˈbɜːθˌraɪt]
n
1. privileges or possessions that a person has or is believed to be entitled to as soon as he is born
2. the privileges or possessions of a first-born son
3. inheritance; patrimony
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Noun1.birthright - a right or privilege that you are entitled to at birth; "free public education is the birthright of every American child"
heritage, inheritance - any attribute or immaterial possession that is inherited from ancestors; "my only inheritance was my mother's blessing"; "the world's heritage of knowledge"
2.birthright - an inheritance coming by right of birth (especially by primogeniture)
inheritance, heritage - that which is inherited; a title or property or estate that passes by law to the heir on the death of the owner
3.birthright - personal characteristics that are inherited at birth
heritage, inheritance - any attribute or immaterial possession that is inherited from ancestors; "my only inheritance was my mother's blessing"; "the world's heritage of knowledge"

birthright
noun right, due, heritage, privilege, patrimony Freedom is the natural birthright of every human.
Translations
birthright [ˈbɜːθraɪt] Nderechos mpl de nacimiento (fig) → patrimonio m, herencia f
it is the birthright of every Englishmanpertenece por derecho natural a todo inglés, es el patrimonio de todo inglés
to sell one's birthright for a mess of pottagevender su primogenitura por un plato de lentejas
birthright [ˈbɜːrθraɪt] ndroit m de naissance
birth sign n (= sign of the zodiac) → signe m de naissance
What's your birth sign?
BUT Vous êtes de quel signe?.
birth weight n [newborn baby] → poids m de naissance
birthright [ˈbɜːθˌraɪt] n (fig) → diritto di nascita


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What was his "mess of pottage" to the birthright that the other had preserved?
By the toll of a billion deaths man has bought his birthright of the earth, and it is his against all comers; it would still be his were the Martians ten times as mighty as they are.
Time and again he had wondered if he had acted wisely in renouncing his birthright to a man to whom he owed nothing.
 
 
 
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