personal characteristics that are inherited at birth a right or privilege that you are entitled to at birth; "free public education is the birthright of every American child"
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
In New England, the eldest son received a double portion of the estate, it was called his birthright If you should find a person has conveyed a 1/7 interest in the father's estate, you may conclude there were six surviving children, each of whom received a 1/7 of the estate, except for the eldest son, who received a 2/7 or double portion
Something that is your birthright is something that you feel you have a basic right to have, simply because you are a human being. Freedom is the natural birthright of every human. something such as a right, property, money etc that you believe you should have because of the family or country you belong to