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n. A proprietor or landholder in a parish.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. In Scots law, the proprietor of a heritable subject; a proprietor or landholder in a parish.
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n. a person who is entitled by law or by the terms of a will to inherit the estate of another
Word Usage
"David being a virtuoso in his own way, and moreover a landholder and heritor, was a qualified judge of all who frequented his house, and therefore I could not avoid again tying the strings of my knees."