heir
/ˈɛɚ/ noun C1- Someone who inherits, or is designated to inherit, the property of another. · My brother is the heir to our childhood house and yet has no interest in it.
- One who inherits, or has been designated to inherit, a hereditary title or office. · As the heir to the British throne, the Prince of Wales is a very public figure.
- A successor in a role, representing continuity with the predecessor.
Plural heirs
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In the last century, however, four successive heirs were of a dissolute and wasteful disposition, and the family ruin was eventually completed by a gambler in the days of the Regency.
If Anne had tumbled off the roof on the side up which she had ascended Diana would probably have fallen heir to the pearl bead ring then and there.
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Then, again, I happened to know that he was heir to a lot of money, and also that his father and he did not always hit it off too well.
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