as in heir
a person who has the right to inherit property
someday that little boy will become the inheritor of one of the largest private fortunes in the country
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Recent Examples of inheritor
The former One Direction star's son Bear, 9, is the sole inheritor of $29,007,998 from the singer's estate.
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Kayla Grant,
PEOPLE,
22 June 2026
Among these delusions is the perennial faith that Iranians are potentially ardent converts to American-style freedom, rather than inheritors of an ancient civilization with a trajectory outlined by its own specific history.
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Wyatt Williams,
Harpers Magazine,
2 June 2026
These aren’t reluctant inheritors hoping for a windfall.
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Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
1 June 2026
This is an inheritor of Western traditions and supremacy.
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Dana Taylor,
USA Today,
1 June 2026
For inheritors of the banana leaf-wrapping tradition, this practice has both the literal and symbolic capacity to contain that relationship.
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Sophia Rey,
JSTOR Daily,
28 May 2026
More than 80% of widows and next-generation inheritors leave their financial advisor after inheriting wealth.
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Melissa Houston,
Forbes.com,
27 May 2026
His inheritor would truly get the movement going.
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Antonia Hitchens,
New Yorker,
6 Apr. 2026
That leaves Oseguera’s cadre of regional commanders as the most likely inheritors of his drug empire.
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Kate Linthicum,
Los Angeles Times,
27 Feb. 2026
Kayla Grant,
PEOPLE,
22 June 2026
Among these delusions is the perennial faith that Iranians are potentially ardent converts to American-style freedom, rather than inheritors of an ancient civilization with a trajectory outlined by its own specific history.
—
Wyatt Williams,
Harpers Magazine,
2 June 2026
These aren’t reluctant inheritors hoping for a windfall.
—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
1 June 2026
This is an inheritor of Western traditions and supremacy.
—
Dana Taylor,
USA Today,
1 June 2026
For inheritors of the banana leaf-wrapping tradition, this practice has both the literal and symbolic capacity to contain that relationship.
—
Sophia Rey,
JSTOR Daily,
28 May 2026
More than 80% of widows and next-generation inheritors leave their financial advisor after inheriting wealth.
—
Melissa Houston,
Forbes.com,
27 May 2026
His inheritor would truly get the movement going.
—
Antonia Hitchens,
New Yorker,
6 Apr. 2026
That leaves Oseguera’s cadre of regional commanders as the most likely inheritors of his drug empire.
—
Kate Linthicum,
Los Angeles Times,
27 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for inheritor
heir
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Lander has argued Goldman, the multimillionaire heir to the Levi jeans fortune, embodies establishment, corporate interests that corrupt the Democratic Party.
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Scholars largely agree that one wealthy Delft couple, the brewing heir Pieter Claesz van Ruijven and his wife, Maria de Knuijt, were his primary patrons.
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“Inheritor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inheritor. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.
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