Birthright

Word BIRTHRIGHT
Character 10
Hyphenation birth right
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Definitions and meanings of "Birthright"

What do we mean by birthright?

A right, possession, or privilege that is one's due by birth. noun

A special privilege accorded a firstborn. noun

Any right or privilege to which a person is entitled by birth, such as an estate descendible by law to an heir, or civil liberty under a free constitution; specifically, the right of primogeniture. noun

Any right, privilege, or possession to which a person is entitled by birth, such as an estate descendible by law to an heir, or civil liberty under a free constitution; esp. the rights or inheritance of the first born. noun

Something owed since birth, due to inheritance. noun

A right or privilege that you are entitled to at birth noun

An inheritance coming by right of birth (especially by primogeniture) noun

Personal characteristics that are inherited at birth noun

Something owed since birth, due to inheritance.

An idea meaning or suggesting: Everyone is born free. Even those suffering oppression and bondage / slavery have a birthright. Soldiers and Wars don't give a nation and its people freedom. But that freedom is inherited as is freewill. Everyone's birthright is that he/ she has the right to: be, not be, believe, disbelieve, accept, reject, think, do, and not do whatever he / she wants to in this mortal life. synonyms: prerogative, will Urban Dictionary

A 10 free day trip to Israel for Young Adults. Called Taglit Birthright Israel, young adults ride camels, go on a night out in Tel Aviv, visit Jerusalem, go rafting, and take pictures at the dead sea with mud on your face. It's a great experience! Urban Dictionary

Anything earned or predetermined for being born. Used to show the contrast of a persons personally held beliefs/actions/convictions/status. Urban Dictionary

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The word "birthright" in example sentences

DEAL: Well, the United States is in a small minority of countries in the world that continue to grant what we call birthright citizenship, and that is, to grant citizenship to a child regardless of the legal status of the parents. ❋ Unknown (2005)

There were valid arguments on both sides, but generally the race-blind believers in birthright made a better case: that ten of the thirteen original states allowed free black men to vote; that Americans of African descent had been recognized as citizens by the federal government in various ways (even Andrew Jackson had hailed his free black soldiers as "fellow citizens" after the Battle of New Orleans). ❋ Van Gosse (2010)

Perhaps they will need more than some mere railings outside No. 10 to resist the righteous anger of the British people whose birthright is so casually being stolen. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Our birthright is the propensity to dream, dance, and evolve. ❋ Unknown (2007)

With the calls of moderate Republican senators Lindsay Graham and John McCain to change the law to end what is known as "birthright citizenship," the issue is no longer relegated to the fringe. ❋ Howard Foster (2012)

Arwen herself makes the decision to remain in Middle Earth (which makes her a less passive character than in the book), and the consequence of giving up her birthright is that she will die if Aragorn and his allies do not save their world from Sauron’s rule. ❋ Unknown (2006)

Restore to them their stolen childhoods, their birthright, which is a taste of heaven. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Their birthright is the right to be tried in a court of law by an independent judiciary when accused of a crime. ❋ Unknown (2009)

This has nothing to do with our American birthright, which is government by the consent of the governed. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Stipulating that health care is a birthright is a value. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Citizenship can be based on birthright, that is if you are born in the United States or to two American citizens overseas, you are a citizen. naturalization is rather easy to prove since documentation is given at the time of the swearing in ceremony. ❋ Matt Johnston (2006)

A rising number of lawmakers want to end so-called birthright citizenship for babies who are born to illegal aliens. ❋ Unknown (2005)

The right of citizens to participate unhindered in political activities in the country of their birthright is a non-negotiable basic principle to which we all subscribe. ❋ Unknown (1997)

His birthright was the guns " not the heavy ones of his father, weighted with sandalwood " but guns, all the same. ❋ King, Stephen, 1947- (1982)

It is true that, occasionally individual Africans become so depressed and desperate at Nationalist misrule that they tend to clutch at any straw, that they tend to say: give us any little corner where we may be free to run our own affairs; but Congress has always firmly rejected such momentary tendencies and refused to barter our birthright, which is South Africa, for such illusory "Bantustans." ❋ Unknown (1959)

She has wandered up and down on the earth, possessing here and there an individual, but never obtaining her birthright, which is the whole of humanity, never able to exercise her prerogative, which is to bathe the earth in the aroma of harmony and peace. ❋ John Thomas Codman (N/A)

Paul: I'm so proud to be American. It's because of all the soldiers that died [200 years] ago so I can be free. Emma: Actually, your birthright is that you're always free to do and think [whatever you want] until death. If someone transgresses against you and physically keeps you from doing what you want to do, [well then], that's their birthright as well. ❋ 23(tu-three) (2005)

My birthright [trip] [to Israel] was [amazing]! ❋ Partyrockstar222 (2017)

He is Birthright rich but [broke as a joke]! She might be a Birthright [American Citizen] but [communist] as F__K! They are Birthright ghetto but stuck to it and rose above! ❋ Posydon's Goose (2020)

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