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
Museo Casa Kahlo will be housed in Casa Roja, a private home purchased by Kahlo’s parents and handed down to the artist and her sisters; the residence was donated to the museum by Kahlo’s closest living relative and heir, Mara Romeo Kahlo, her grandniece.
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News Desk, Artforum, 22 May 2025
More and more people are interested in looking beyond finances to leave their heirs something meaningful and intangible.
—Bob Carlson, Forbes.com, 22 May 2025
Mu-jin, who stands to lose everything if Hong-rang is reinstated as guild heir, teams up with his adoptive younger sister Jae-yi to prove Lee’s character is not the Hong-rang.
—Kayti Burt, Time, 16 May 2025
The original 1916 trophy is named after department store heir Rodman Wanamaker who was instrumental in the creation of the PGA of America.
—Patrick Snell, CNN Money, 15 May 2025
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News Desk, Artforum, 22 May 2025
More and more people are interested in looking beyond finances to leave their heirs something meaningful and intangible.
—Bob Carlson, Forbes.com, 22 May 2025
Mu-jin, who stands to lose everything if Hong-rang is reinstated as guild heir, teams up with his adoptive younger sister Jae-yi to prove Lee’s character is not the Hong-rang.
—Kayti Burt, Time, 16 May 2025
The original 1916 trophy is named after department store heir Rodman Wanamaker who was instrumental in the creation of the PGA of America.
—Patrick Snell, CNN Money, 15 May 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
Noun
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Today, many residents of those communities are descendants of the neighborhoods’ pioneering families.—
Jimena Romero,
Miami Herald,
19 May 2025
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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
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This includes Francoise Bettencourt Meyers of France, an heiress to the L’Oreal fortune who is worth $86 billion, by far the largest fortune to derive from a pure beauty company.—
Jemima McEvoy,
Forbes.com,
30 May 2025
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Two writers compete for the chance to tell the larger-than-life story of an heiress. 7.—
The California Independent Booksellers Alliance,
Los Angeles Times,
28 May 2025
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“Heir.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/heir. Accessed 3 Jun. 2025.
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