BIRTH'RIGHT, noun [birth and right.] 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. Esau, for a morsel, sold his birthright Hebrews 12:16. It may be used in the sense of primogeniture, or the privilege of the first born, but is applicable to any right which results from descent. BIRTH'-SONG, noun A song sung at the birth of a person. BIRTH'-STRANGLED, adjective [birth and strangle.] Strangled or suffocated in being born.
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