coheiress

noun

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as in coheir

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  1. heiress
  2. successor
  3. heir apparent
Noun
  • On an ocean liner bound for New York, heiress Marcella Porter returns home after being disgraced by scandal in London.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 10 Nov. 2026
  • Following the family’s Beauty and the Beast costume reveal, the heiress and entrepreneur, 45, faced criticism online for dressing up as Belle instead of having her daughter London, 2, take on the Disney princess.
    — Kirsty Hatcher, PEOPLE, 30 Oct. 2026
Definition of heiress
Noun
  • Then, in 1976, Georgia’s Jimmy Carter defeated Gerald Ford, the Midwestern successor — alert Jon Ossoff and JD Vance!
    — Voice of the People, New York Daily News, 10 Nov. 2026
  • His successor, Ali Nasir Muhammad, instituted a far less dogmatic political and economic order.
    — Manfred W. Wenner All, Encyclopedia Britannica, 10 Nov. 2026
Definition of successor
Noun
  • The company has no public succession plan, and Huang has no obvious heir apparent.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 9 Nov. 2026
  • At age 44, the celebrity high school coach is about to come to Raleigh, bringing along his son Gunner as the team’s heir apparent, four-star quarterback.
    — Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 8 Nov. 2026
Definition of heir apparent
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