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
Top Boomer leaders surrounded themselves with people who would subordinate themselves entirely to the boss’s vision — loyalists, not heirs.
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Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 25 May 2026
The duchy was created in the 14th century to provide independent income to the heir to the British throne, aka the Prince of Wales.
—Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 25 May 2026
The estate representative will notify known creditors and heirs and publish a public notice in a local newspaper to alert unknown creditors of the person's death.
—Medora Lee, USA Today, 23 May 2026
The Courage, Grace, and Power of the Woman Who Will be Queen , Andersen writes that the heir to the throne’s temper is bad enough that even his father has been alarmed at times.
—Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 23 May 2026
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Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 25 May 2026
The duchy was created in the 14th century to provide independent income to the heir to the British throne, aka the Prince of Wales.
—Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 25 May 2026
The estate representative will notify known creditors and heirs and publish a public notice in a local newspaper to alert unknown creditors of the person's death.
—Medora Lee, USA Today, 23 May 2026
The Courage, Grace, and Power of the Woman Who Will be Queen , Andersen writes that the heir to the throne’s temper is bad enough that even his father has been alarmed at times.
—Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 23 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for heir
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His inheritor would truly get the movement going.—
Antonia Hitchens,
New Yorker,
6 Apr. 2026
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The inheritors of this wealth expect personalization, speed and seamless digital experiences.—
Bill Capuzzi,
Forbes.com,
13 Mar. 2026
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The old immigrants are likely to remain—in the manner of the occasional Wasp legatee (Wagner, Lindsay) who poked in during the buoyant sixties—more visitors to wars over civic power than victors in them.—
Adam Gopnik,
New Yorker,
12 Jan. 2026
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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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Dior under Jonathan Anderson is embracing exaggerated proportions and couture-level designs that feel oddly effortless — part heiress, part glam rocker.—
Alex Badia,
Footwear News,
22 May 2026
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Advertisement Built a century ago by cereal heiress and socialite Marjorie Merriweather Post, the 20-acre property with its 126-room, 62,500-square-foot Gilded Age mansion seemed to be the ideal venue to launch a new high-end resort.—
Jeffrey Sonnenfeld,
Time,
20 May 2026
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Burden is a descendant, on her father’s side, of the railroad-and-shipping titan Cornelius Vanderbilt and, on her mother’s side, of Henry Morgan Tilford, one of the founders of Standard Oil; her maternal grandmother was the socialite Babe Paley.—
Jessica Winter,
New Yorker,
23 May 2026
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Over the years, Marcus passed himself off as Blaine, his own descendent, to mask his immortality.—
Nick Romano,
Entertainment Weekly,
23 May 2026
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“Heir.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/heir. Accessed 30 May. 2026.
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