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adjective
- (of a disease or quality) passed from a parent to a child in the genes
- Haemophilia is in his family.
- (of a title, honour or right) legally granted to somebody's descendant after that person's death.
- Duke is a title which was created in Norman times.
- (of a person) holding a hereditary (2) title or rank
- rulers
Translations: - Dutch: (all three meanings) erfelijk
- French: héréditaire
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