as in inheritor
a person who has the right to inherit property
upon his death, Mr. Parkworth's property was divided evenly among his heirs, four sons and three daughters
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Recent Examples of heir
Noboa, heir to a fortune built on the banana trade, is expected to continue applying some of his anti-crime strategies that part of the electorate finds appealing but which have tested the limits of laws and norms of governing.
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Gonzalo Solano and Regina Garcia Cano, Los Angeles Times, 14 Apr. 2025
González is the leader of Citizen Revolution and is considered the heir of former President Correa.
—Chris Massaro, FOXNews.com, 13 Apr. 2025
America’s Dairyland overflowed with cash from Democratic billionaires, including Hyatt Hotel heir JB Pritzker, the governor of neighboring Illinois, who has an obvious appetite for even higher office.
—Chris Stirewalt, The Hill, 4 Apr. 2025
Once the heir to Anthony’s throne in New York, Porzingis is now a key piece of a Celtics team that has owned the Knicks all season.
—Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 9 Apr. 2025
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Gonzalo Solano and Regina Garcia Cano, Los Angeles Times, 14 Apr. 2025
González is the leader of Citizen Revolution and is considered the heir of former President Correa.
—Chris Massaro, FOXNews.com, 13 Apr. 2025
America’s Dairyland overflowed with cash from Democratic billionaires, including Hyatt Hotel heir JB Pritzker, the governor of neighboring Illinois, who has an obvious appetite for even higher office.
—Chris Stirewalt, The Hill, 4 Apr. 2025
Once the heir to Anthony’s throne in New York, Porzingis is now a key piece of a Celtics team that has owned the Knicks all season.
—Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 9 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for heir
Noun
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Trump and allies, meanwhile, often cast him as legatee of Reagan.—
David Jackson,
USA TODAY,
8 Sep. 2024
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Humans, as legatees of this heritage, learn by seeing and visualizing.—
Stephen Jay Gould,
Discover Magazine,
11 Nov. 2019
Noun
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If classic British sports-car marques like MG and Triumph had not met their demise in the early 1980s, their descendants might have resembled something like Mazda’s MX-5.—
Robert Ross,
Robb Report,
25 Apr. 2025
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The first enslaved Africans arrived on Mexico’s shores as far back as the 16th century, with those people and their descendants contributing greatly to the country’s vibrant culture.—
Essence,
Essence,
24 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The subject of the celebrity memoir, which grounds the novel, is the heiress of a media empire who's left to deal with a world defined by the tabloid culture her own family bred.—
Anna Kaufman,
USA Today,
23 Apr. 2025
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Alice finds herself on the sleepy Little Crescent Island, hoping to interview mysterious heiress Margaret Ives.—
Maya Layne,
Vogue,
22 Apr. 2025
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“Heir.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/heir. Accessed 2 May. 2025.
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