Hereditary

noun

/həˈɹɛdɪt(ə)ɹi/

Word Frequency: 6.4

Definitions

1.nounA hereditary ruler; a hereditary peer in the House of Lords.

2.adjectivePassed on as an inheritance, by last will or intestate.

3.adjectiveOf a title, honor or right: legally granted to somebody's descendant after that person's death.

"Duke is a hereditary title which was created in Norman times."

4.adjectiveOf a person: holding a legally hereditary title or rank.

"hereditary rulers"

5.adjectiveOf a disease or trait: passed from a parent to offspring in the genes

"Haemophilia is hereditary in his family."

6.adjectiveOf a ring: such that all submodules of projective modules over the ring are also projective.