her·i·tor \ˈherə̇d.ə(r), -rə̇tə-\noun (-s) Etymology: alteration of Middle English heriter, from Middle French eretier, heritier, from Latin hereditarius, hereditary — more at hereditary 1.: inheritor 2.Scots law: the owner in fee of heritable property or in parochial law of such real property in a parish as is subject to public burdens