coheir

noun

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  1. heiress
  2. successor
  3. heir apparent
  4. devisee
Noun
  • Cybill Shepherd stars as Amanda, an American heiress on a cross-country train trip in pre-war Nazi Germany, who befriends a kind older woman, Miss Froy (Angela Lansbury), during the journey.
    Declan Gallagher, EW.com, 30 Oct. 2024
  • Alice, the richest woman in America for the ninth time in 10 years, reclaimed the title of the world’s wealthiest woman in early September from L’Oréal heiress Françoise Bettencourt Meyers of France for the first time since May 2022. 12.
    Chase Peterson-Withorn, Forbes, 1 Oct. 2024
Definition of heiress
Noun
  • The appointment of Easterly’s successor will be a critical decision for the Trump administration.
    Emil Sayegh, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024
  • The meeting between the outgoing president and his successor is an awkward post-election ritual that could be even more disconcerting than usual because of the animosity between the two men.
    Joey Garrison, USA TODAY, 21 Nov. 2024
Definition of successor
Noun
  • The son of real estate developer Fred Trump, Donald graduated from the University of Pennsylvania and soon became his father’s heir apparent and the president of the family business.
    Radhika Seth, Vogue, 11 Oct. 2024
  • With fewer than ninety days until the election, the point of the anecdote was supposed to be about Harris—his heir apparent and handpicked successor.
    Susan B. Glasser, The New Yorker, 15 Aug. 2024
Definition of heir apparent
Noun
  • That can obviously set up some interesting, and potentially uncomfortable, situations for both the devisee and your surviving spouse.
    Dallas News, Dallas News, 20 Feb. 2022
  • When a person dies, his claim passes to his heirs or devisees, subject to the administration of his estate.
    Virginia Hammerle, Dallas News, 26 Jan. 2020
Definition of devisee
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