coheir

noun

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  1. heiress
  2. successor
  3. heir apparent
  4. devisee
Noun
  • The couple became engaged in January 2018, when Zylka famously gave the heiress a $2 million engagement ring, but broke up 10 months later.
    Stephan Pechdimaldji, Newsweek, 14 Dec. 2024
  • The girl in question is Caroline Blackwood, a twenty-one-year-old heiress of aristocratic extraction, who would soon become the artist’s wife.
    Negar Azimi, The New Yorker, 12 Dec. 2024
Definition of heiress
Noun
  • Among the most glaring examples is Ninth Division Commander Gen. Roh Tae-gun (Park Jae-hoon, excellent), a weak-willed lackey seduced by power and greed who’s based on Roh Tae-woo, Chun’s successor as president in 1988.
    Richard Kuipers, Variety, 17 Dec. 2024
  • Assad had always seen his brother Rifaat as his logical successor.
    Sefa Secen / Made by History, TIME, 17 Dec. 2024
Definition of successor
Noun
  • That made Hafez’s eldest son, Bassel, the heir apparent.
    Sefa Secen / Made by History, TIME, 17 Dec. 2024
  • The Sabres appear to be grooming Seth Appert to be Ruff’s heir apparent one day.
    Matthew Fairburn, The Athletic, 21 Nov. 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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