Associations to the word «Birthright»

Wiktionary

BIRTHRIGHT, noun. Something owed since birth, due to inheritance.

Dictionary definition

BIRTHRIGHT, noun. A right or privilege that you are entitled to at birth; "free public education is the birthright of every American child".
BIRTHRIGHT, noun. An inheritance coming by right of birth (especially by primogeniture).
BIRTHRIGHT, noun. Personal characteristics that are inherited at birth.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats