| NOUN | person | heir, inheritor, heritor | a person who is entitled by law or by the terms of a will to inherit the estate of another |
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| person | heir, successor | a person who inherits some title or office |
| Sounds | eh'r | |
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| Rhymes | affair ... wheelchair: 116 rhymes with ehr... | |
| Meaning | A person who is entitled by law or by the terms of a will to inherit the estate of another. | |
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| Synonyms | inheritor, heritor | |
| Narrower | heir-at-law | The person legally entitled to inherit the property of someone who dies intestate |
| heir apparent | An heir whose right to an inheritance cannot be defeated if that person outlives the ancestor | |
| heir presumptive | A person who expects to inherit but whose right can be defeated by the birth of a nearer relative | |
| heiress, inheritress, inheritrix | A female heir | |
| Broader | recipient, receiver | A person who receives something |
| Spanish | heredero | |
| Catalan | heretant, hereu | |
| Meaning | A person who inherits some title or office. | |
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| Synonym | successor | |
| Broader | offspring, progeny, issue | The immediate descendants of a person |
| Spanish | sucesor | |
| Catalan | hereu, successor | |
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