Definition of birthright
:a right, privilege, or possession to which a person is entitled by birth
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Examples of birthright in a Sentence
the freedom that is our birthright
believed that the house was her birthright
Recent Examples of birthright from the Web
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Ten points from Jon for stealing her thunder/birthright.
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The middle-class life that many Americans, English, and French felt was their birthright seems to be slipping away from them.
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There’s the story of the Stocker family’s birthright tradition: Edwin Sr.
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Here are men who were willing to fight a revolution over abstract legal theory — for principle and for birthright.
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Birthright of Loudoun County Free pregnancy tests, baby clothing, transportation and support throughout pregnancy, 823 S. King St., Leesburg.
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LOUIS — Despite appearances for almost the past two decades, winning is not a birthright in St. Louis.
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City leaders contemplated doing away with drinking alcohol on the street -- a practice many consider a Big Easy birthright -- and a prohibition on food and drink sales through street-facing windows.
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Birthright of Loudoun County Free pregnancy tests, baby clothing, transportation and support throughout pregnancy, 823 S. King St., Leesburg. 703-777-7272.
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First Known Use of birthright
1535
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