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PRIMOGENITURE

Dictionary entry overview: What does primogeniture mean?

• PRIMOGENITURE (noun)
The noun PRIMOGENITURE has 1 sense:

1. right of inheritance belongs exclusively to the eldest son

Familiarity information: PRIMOGENITURE used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• PRIMOGENITURE (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Right of inheritance belongs exclusively to the eldest son

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

Hypernyms ("primogeniture" is a kind of...):

heritage; inheritance (that which is inherited; a title or property or estate that passes by law to the heir on the death of the owner)

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