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
This is challenging, in part because loneliness is such a familiar theme in the 21st-century Indian American novel (blame Jhumpa Lahiri and her literary inheritors).
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Sanjena Sathian, Vulture, 23 Sep. 2025
Though the gardens honor the full Calder lineage, their focus is on the twentieth-century inheritor.
—Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 15 Sep. 2025
The very idea of an alliance will be strange and scary to the inheritors of the Non-Aligned Movement, which India helped spearhead during the Cold War.
—Kurt M. Campbell, Foreign Affairs, 4 Sep. 2025
Sanjena Sathian, Vulture, 23 Sep. 2025
Though the gardens honor the full Calder lineage, their focus is on the twentieth-century inheritor.
—Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 15 Sep. 2025
The very idea of an alliance will be strange and scary to the inheritors of the Non-Aligned Movement, which India helped spearhead during the Cold War.
—Kurt M. Campbell, Foreign Affairs, 4 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for inheritor
heir
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Lawyers representing Prince Harry and other high-profile figures bringing privacy lawsuits against the publisher of the Daily Mail tabloid said on Wednesday new evidence showed his brother Prince William and the heir's wife Kate were also targets.—
Michael Holden,
USA Today,
2 Oct. 2025
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The books and series follow star student Ruby and wealthy heir James Beaufort falling for each other despite their differences.—
Lexy Perez,
HollywoodReporter,
2 Oct. 2025
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“Inheritor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inheritor. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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