The meaning of Heir

noun

A person who derives advantage from something, especially a trust, will, or life insurance policy.

Usage examples:

Australia would be the beneficiary of a policy it did not have to underwrite.

noun

A person who shares equally with others in the inheritance of an undivided estate or in the rights to it (in the uk now as equitable interests).

Usage examples:

All the coparceners have unity of possession and community of interest in the joint family property.

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A person, plant, or animal that is descended from a particular ancestor.

Usage examples:

She's a descendant of charles darwin

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A person related to someone from an earlier generation (= all the people of about the same age within a particular family)

Usage examples:

The pennsylvania dutch are descendants of early german immigrants.

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A person to whom something, especially real estate, is left by the terms of a will.

Usage examples:

The nephew was to be devisee of the uncle's property

noun

A person to whom a grant or conveyance is made.

Usage examples:

The grantee sued the grantor upon his covenant to maintain the road.

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A woman who is legally entitled to the property or rank of another on that person's death.

Usage examples:

An oil heiress

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A woman or girl who will receive or already has received a lot of money, property, or a title from another person, especially an older member of the same family, when that person dies

Usage examples:

The heiress to the throne, a texan oil heiress

noun

A person who inherits.

Usage examples:

That being the case, i'm not convinced that either your preference not to have a little genetic her…

noun

A person who inherits something; an heir.

Usage examples:

We are the inheritors of these cultural traditions

noun

A person who receives money, property, or assets from someone who has died

Usage examples:

A survey of property inheritors confirmed that two-thirds of them promptly sold the houses they wer…

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A person who receives a legacy.

Usage examples:

His sister alice was his principal legatee

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Someone who receives money or property from a person who has died

Usage examples:

She then transferred the freehold to her intended legatees.

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A person who shares with others in the inheritance of an undivided estate or in the rights to it.

Usage examples:

So long as the lands continue to descend, they remain parceners.

noun

A young shoot or twig of a plant, especially one cut for grafting or rooting.

Usage examples:

Rose wilt was long thought to be a suspected viral disease caused by grafting scions onto imported …

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A person or thing that succeeds another.

Usage examples:

Schoenberg saw himself as a natural successor to the german romantic school

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Someone or something that follows and takes the job, place, or position that was held by another

Usage examples:

The company will announce the appointment of a successor to its retiring chairman at the next board…

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Someone or something that comes after another person or thing

Usage examples:

Successor to sb/sth she has been appointed successor to the retiring chief executive., network rail…