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
Noboa, heir to a fortune built on the banana trade, is expected to continue applying some of his anti-crime strategies that part of the electorate finds appealing but which have tested the limits of laws and norms of governing.
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Gonzalo Solano and Regina Garcia Cano, Los Angeles Times, 14 Apr. 2025
González is the leader of Citizen Revolution and is considered the heir of former President Correa.
—Chris Massaro, FOXNews.com, 13 Apr. 2025
America’s Dairyland overflowed with cash from Democratic billionaires, including Hyatt Hotel heir JB Pritzker, the governor of neighboring Illinois, who has an obvious appetite for even higher office.
—Chris Stirewalt, The Hill, 4 Apr. 2025
Once the heir to Anthony’s throne in New York, Porzingis is now a key piece of a Celtics team that has owned the Knicks all season.
—Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 9 Apr. 2025
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Gonzalo Solano and Regina Garcia Cano, Los Angeles Times, 14 Apr. 2025
González is the leader of Citizen Revolution and is considered the heir of former President Correa.
—Chris Massaro, FOXNews.com, 13 Apr. 2025
America’s Dairyland overflowed with cash from Democratic billionaires, including Hyatt Hotel heir JB Pritzker, the governor of neighboring Illinois, who has an obvious appetite for even higher office.
—Chris Stirewalt, The Hill, 4 Apr. 2025
Once the heir to Anthony’s throne in New York, Porzingis is now a key piece of a Celtics team that has owned the Knicks all season.
—Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 9 Apr. 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
Noun
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Also called the Law of Democratic Memory, the ley de nietos, set to expire October 21, 2025, grants descendants of Spaniards persecuted during the Spanish Civil War and subsequent Francisco Franco dictatorship a path to Spanish citizenship.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
12 Apr. 2025
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Daniela Levin, born in Johannesburg, descendant of Lithuanian Jews.—
David Bezmozgis,
New Yorker,
6 Apr. 2025
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Coolidge’s performance as the rich heiress Tanya McQuoid won her Outstanding Supporting Actress Primetime Emmys for The White Lotus in 2022 and 2023.—
Tim Lammers,
Forbes,
23 Mar. 2025
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The billionaire Democrat heiress running the Harvard Corporation made her president.—
Howie Carr,
Boston Herald,
5 Apr. 2025
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“Heir.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/heir. Accessed 25 Apr. 2025.
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