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Definition/Meaning

(noun)

someone legally entitled to inherit a person's property or a rank when the person dies;

e.g. The king's oldest child will be the heir to the throne, whether that is a son or a daughter.

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Similar Words

At

Beneficiary

Claimant

Coheir

Devisee

Grantee

Heiress

Legatee

Millionaire

Multimillionairess

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Opposite Words

Ancestor

Blood

Bloodline

Breeding

Father

Forebear

Forefather

Foremother

Genealogy

Grandfather

Grandmother

Grandsire

Heredity

Line

Lineage

Parentage

Progenitor

Stock

Strain

Tree

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Related Words

Assignee

Beneficiary

Claimant

Coheir

Descendant

Devisee

Grantee

Have

Heiress

Money

Representative

Scion

Silk

Successor

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