Heir

nounid 71969·updated May 18, 2026
verified

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

polysemous

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Unknownauthoritativeglossary_import_default_pending_classifier

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unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

synonym
heritorinheritorsuccessor
plural
Heirs
possessive
Heir's
pluralpossessive
Heirs'

Framework definitions

Wordset Dictionary2 sensesview framework →
§1
a person who is entitled by law or by the terms of a will to inherit the estate of another
§2
a person who inherits some title or office

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