BIRTHRIGHT


Meaning of BIRTHRIGHT in English

noun

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

She seemed to regard an easy, comfortable life as some kind of birthright .

The President ended his speech by saying "Dignity and self-respect are the birthright of every American citizen."

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

As yet, there is only speculation that Charles will relinquish his birthright .

By way of contrast, natural resource industries were essentially a birthright .

His settlement he regarded as his birthright or his freehold.

It could suggest Jacob's willingness to hand Esau back his birthright .

It is not a mere matter of citizenship; it is a birthright and a shared inheritance.

They have, almost as a birthright , a restless dissatisfaction with the status quo.

They picked rulers on the basis of achievement, not birthright .

Years later, Cloud became a hermit, declining his birthright as king.

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