birthright

noun birth·right \ ˈbərth-ˌrīt \

|Updated on: 14 Jul 2018

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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

As the roadway was built over subsequent years, the path, a months-long journey that wound through 13 states, would firmly establish the idea of a coast-to-coast network of roadways as an American birthright.

— patrick sisson, Curbed, "10 Streets that Changed America," 5 July 2018
The former practiced medicine in the suburbs of Massachusetts; the latter, after working in marketing for Renault’s racing division, claimed his birthright as a chatelain and spent decades restoring Baronville.

— lauren collins, The New Yorker, "A Facebook Invite to a French Château," 24 June 2018
But the kind of mainstream aesthetic diversity that was Hollywood's birthright is a thing of the past.

— kenneth turan, latimes.com, "In 1968, moviegoers had a lot more choices before blockbuster fever took over," 20 Apr. 2018
So finishing dead last is part of the KU birthright.

— paul myerberg, USA TODAY, "College football's last-placed teams headed for better things in 2018 season," 3 Apr. 2018
But you’ve been stuck in infancy, while Amazon and Google take your birthright.

— will hall, Recode, "Hey Siri, we have to talk," 4 June 2018
As a product of the Philadelphia Catholic League, as the son of former St. Joseph’s Prep and University of Maryland star Mo Howard, Howard has a network of contacts in the basketball community that might as well have been his birthright.

— mike sielski, Philly.com, "Ashley Howard will likely be the next branch on Jay Wright's coaching tree | Mike Sielski," 27 Mar. 2018
And American companies basically giving away their birthrights to try to get into the Chinese market.

— recode staff, Recode, "Full video and transcript: U.S. Senator Mark Warner at Code 2018," 30 May 2018
While the Queen treats her birthright as an honor, her eldest son appears to feel perpetually hard done by it.

— lauren collins, The New Yorker, "Prince Harry, Meghan Markle, and Royal Romance," 11 May 2018

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