heir

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 In April, William, 42, attended the late Pope Francis’ funeral in Vatican City, a duty that typically falls on the heir to the throne. Bailey Richards, People.com, 10 May 2025 The key is that naming beneficiaries will help your heirs bypass probate court and its costs. Tammy Lagorce, New York Times, 3 May 2025 And that is what happened with the assassination of the heir to the Austrian throne in June 1914. Margaret MacMillan, The Atlantic, 30 Apr. 2025 When a person dies in the US or as a US citizen, anywhere, an often lengthy estate administration process begins to transfer the assets of the decedent to their heirs or other beneficiaries. Priya Prakash Royal Esq. Ll.m. Mba Aep Tep, Forbes.com, 1 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for heir
Recent Examples of Synonyms for heir
Noun
  • Trump and allies, meanwhile, often cast him as legatee of Reagan.
    David Jackson, USA TODAY, 8 Sep. 2024
  • Humans, as legatees of this heritage, learn by seeing and visualizing.
    Stephen Jay Gould, Discover Magazine, 11 Nov. 2019
Noun
  • Today, many residents of those communities are descendants of the neighborhoods’ pioneering families.
    Jimena Romero, Miami Herald, 19 May 2025
  • The area had long been a refuge for the Nuba, many of whom are descendants of people who were pushed out of other parts of Sudan by Arab raiders.
    Nicolas Niarchos, New Yorker, 19 May 2025
Noun
  • Two writers compete for the chance to tell the larger-than-life story of an heiress. 2.
    The California Independent Booksellers Alliance, Los Angeles Times, 14 May 2025
  • In 1939, the finance heiress Dorothy Schiff bought the paper and transformed it into a largely liberal tabloid, especially popular among the Jewish upper-middle classes.
    Vinson Cunningham, New Yorker, 5 May 2025

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