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
The main character is pulled back in time when American slavery was rampant and must save a boy heir to a slaveowner’s plantation.
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Christopher Murray, Fox News, 22 Mar. 2025
Cast & Characters Patrick Schwarzenegger as Tanner Voss Tanner, 29, is a charming but reckless influencer and heir to a tech fortune.
—Martine Paris, Forbes, 20 Mar. 2025
In the past, direct heirs to the British throne traveled separately to secure the future of the monarchy in the event of a tragic accident.
—Meredith Kile, People.com, 18 Mar. 2025
Married on April 9, 2005, their nuptials took place the day after the funeral of Pope John Paul II, which Charles attended as then heir to the throne.
—USA TODAY, 18 Mar. 2025
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Christopher Murray, Fox News, 22 Mar. 2025
Cast & Characters Patrick Schwarzenegger as Tanner Voss Tanner, 29, is a charming but reckless influencer and heir to a tech fortune.
—Martine Paris, Forbes, 20 Mar. 2025
In the past, direct heirs to the British throne traveled separately to secure the future of the monarchy in the event of a tragic accident.
—Meredith Kile, People.com, 18 Mar. 2025
Married on April 9, 2005, their nuptials took place the day after the funeral of Pope John Paul II, which Charles attended as then heir to the throne.
—USA TODAY, 18 Mar. 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
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Committee member Kendall Kendrick, executive director of the Charlotte Trail of History, is a descendant of the Sample family that also previously owned the Latta property.—
Mary Ramsey,
Charlotte Observer,
21 Mar. 2025
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The Garifuna people are descendants of Indigenous Caribbean tribes and enslaved Africans, who were exiled from St. Vincent and the Grenadines by British colonizers and settled largely on the coast of Central America.—
Jon Blistein,
Rolling Stone,
19 Mar. 2025
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Aerin, her luxury lifestyle brand, and Williams-Sonoma Inc. will unveil a brand new collaboration: Aerin x Pottery Barn Teen, the beauty heiress told WWD Thursday.—
Sofia Celeste,
WWD,
20 Mar. 2025
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Alice Walton—the founder of the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, chairman of the Art Bridges Foundation, and heiress to the Walmart fortune—had the largest two-day loss at more than $6.5 billion, and the largest reduction in her net worth, 7 percent, down to $107 billion.—
Karen K. Ho for ARTnews,
Robb Report,
13 Mar. 2025
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“Heir.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/heir. Accessed 3 Apr. 2025.
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