primogenituristn.
/ˌprʌɪmə(ʊ)ˈdʒɛnᵻtʃ(ə)rɪst/, U.S. /ˌpraɪmoʊˈdʒɛnəˌtʃʊrəst/, /ˌpraɪmoʊˈdʒɛnətʃərəst/ rare.
A person who believes that the right of succession or inheritance belongs to the firstborn.
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society > law > legal right > right of possession or ownership > right to succeed to title, position, or estate > [noun] > hereditary > right of primogeniture > believer in
primogeniturista1849
a1849 A. Stewart Writings & Speeches (1860) 140 This issue was tendered to the oppressors of mankind throughout the world, by..the inheritors of power, the primogeniturists, the kidnappers, slaveholders, man-despisers, and man-haters.
1976 I. Murdoch Henry & Cato i. 7 His father, a rigid primogeniturist, had left everything to..the elder son.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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