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
Football star Erling Braut Haaland, a striker for Premier League club Manchester City, and salmon heir and fashion model Gustav Magnar Witzøe, who walked in Thom Browne’s fall 2023 fashion show, have also taken stakes in the firm.
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Miles Socha, Footwear News, 16 June 2025
William, heir to the British throne, reportedly has no desire to extend an olive branch, while Camilla keeps her distance.
—Stephanie Nolasco , Ashley Papa, FOXNews.com, 14 June 2025
The Pole is entering the last year of his contract signed when joining from Bayern Munich in the ‘economic levers’ summer of 2022, and Barca as of yet has no natural heir for him other than winger Ferran Torres or Dani Olmo playing as a false 9.
—Tom Sanderson, Forbes.com, 20 June 2025
That unnamed friend kept the dishes in his private collection until his own death, and his heirs decided to sell the ceramics in seven separate lots.
—Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 June 2025
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Miles Socha, Footwear News, 16 June 2025
William, heir to the British throne, reportedly has no desire to extend an olive branch, while Camilla keeps her distance.
—Stephanie Nolasco , Ashley Papa, FOXNews.com, 14 June 2025
The Pole is entering the last year of his contract signed when joining from Bayern Munich in the ‘economic levers’ summer of 2022, and Barca as of yet has no natural heir for him other than winger Ferran Torres or Dani Olmo playing as a false 9.
—Tom Sanderson, Forbes.com, 20 June 2025
That unnamed friend kept the dishes in his private collection until his own death, and his heirs decided to sell the ceramics in seven separate lots.
—Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 June 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
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Michael Connor, a descendant of Brevard, also would like to see the chapel restored as a historical site.—
Damenica Ellis,
Charlotte Observer,
24 June 2025
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There’s a brief but instructive moment in Brown’s film when the director interviews a descendant of a prominent slave-owning family.—
Lovia Gyarkye,
HollywoodReporter,
20 June 2025
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Conchita is Lady Brightlingsea, heroine to a wave of young American heiresses.—
Billie Melissa,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 July 2025
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One such effort is the Vaccine Integrity Project, which is being coordinated by the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota and supported by an unrestricted grant from Walmart heiress Christy Walton.—
Brenda Goodman,
CNN Money,
30 June 2025
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“Heir.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/heir. Accessed 8 Jul. 2025.
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