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heir

(/(@)/r )

a person who is entitled by law or by the terms of a will to inherit the estate of another(noun.person)

Synonym:
heritor, inheritor

source: wordnet30
a person who inherits some title or office(noun.person)

Synonym:
successor

source: wordnet30
One who inherits, or is entitled to succeed to the possession of, any property after the death of its owner; one on whom the law bestows the title or property of another at the death of the latter.(noun)

source: webster1913

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