birthright
noun
birth·right
ˈbərth-ˌrīt 
: a right, privilege, or possession to which a person is entitled by birth see also birthright citizenship
Examples of birthright in a Sentence
the freedom that is our birthright
believed that the house was her birthright
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The Childhood Home, for these friends, is a church of its own, if not a birthplace as such then a birthright, the residence of the mother but the dowry of the daughter.
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Taiye Selasi, New Yorker, 31 May 2026
The amphitheater’s Morton Salt birthright has creative juices flowing.
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may 19, Kansas City Star, 19 May 2026
For me, a Navy brat with a genetic tendency to wander, the road is less an escape and more a birthright.
—Stephen Rodrick, Rolling Stone, 19 May 2026
Everybody who’s born in the UK has a birthright to that.
—Savannah Walsh, Vanity Fair, 8 May 2026
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Taiye Selasi, New Yorker, 31 May 2026
The amphitheater’s Morton Salt birthright has creative juices flowing.
—Lisa Gutierrez
may 19, Kansas City Star, 19 May 2026
For me, a Navy brat with a genetic tendency to wander, the road is less an escape and more a birthright.
—Stephen Rodrick, Rolling Stone, 19 May 2026
Everybody who’s born in the UK has a birthright to that.
—Savannah Walsh, Vanity Fair, 8 May 2026
See All Example Sentences for birthright
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“Birthright.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/birthright. Accessed 8 Jun. 2026.
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birthright
noun
birth·right
-ˌrīt
: a right or possession that a person is entitled to by birth
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