coheiress

noun

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as in coheir

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  1. heiress
  2. successor
  3. heir apparent
Noun
  • Wallace plays Mia, a spoiled heiress who is sent by her grandfather to Palermo, Sicily, without money or her customary luxuries, to work as a real estate agent in the family business.
    — Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 13 Oct. 2026
  • At her 2016 parole hearing, Krenwinkel described repeatedly stabbing 26-year-old coffee heiress Folger.
    — Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of heiress
Noun
  • Less heralded but still beloved by Alpine connoisseurs of a certain age is its successor, the A310.
    — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 13 Oct. 2026
  • Do not confuse attendance with readiness; give successors real decisions before the transition.
    — Rob Versaw, Forbes.com, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of successor
Noun
  • The trustees feared that if something happened to him, his heir apparent, Robert Kahn, would replace him, and it was known that Kahn had Zionistic inclinations.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 22 Sep. 2026
  • That Apple is the heir apparent to NBC’s comedy legacy is admittedly surprising.
    — Joe Reid, Vulture, 15 Sep. 2026
Definition of heir apparent
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“Coheiress.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coheiress. Accessed 14 Oct. 2026.

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