Heir

nounverified·updated May 18, 2026

a person who is entitled by law or by the terms of a will to inherit the estate of another

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Senses

Wordset Dictionary

a person who inherits some title or office

Classifications

Entity Type

Unknownauthoritativeglossary_import_default_pending_classifier
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Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

synonym
heritorinheritorsuccessor
plural
Heirs
possessive
Heir's
pluralpossessive
Heirs'