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heir
[ air ]
noun
- a person who inherits or has a right of inheritance in the property of another following the latter's death.
- Law.
- (in common law) a person who inherits all the property of a deceased person, as by descent, relationship, will, or legal process.
- Civil Law. a person who legally succeeds to the place of a deceased person and assumes the rights and obligations of the deceased, as the liabilities for debts or the possessory rights to property.
- a person who inherits or is entitled to inherit the rank, title, position, etc., of another.
- a person or group considered as inheriting the tradition, talent, etc., of a predecessor.
verb (used with object)
- Chiefly South Midland and Southern U.S. to inherit; succeed to.
heir
/ ɛə /
noun
- civil law the person legally succeeding to all property of a deceased person, irrespective of whether such person died testate or intestate, and upon whom devolves as well as the rights the duties and liabilities attached to the estate
- any person or thing that carries on some tradition, circumstance, etc, from a forerunner
- an archaic word for offspring
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Derived Forms
- ˈ, adjective
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Other 51Թ Forms
- l adjective
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of heir1
1225–75; Middle English eir, heir < Old French < Latin ŧŧ- (stem of ŧŧ ); akin to Greek êDz bereaved
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of heir1
C13: from Old French, from Latin ŧŧ; related to Greek ŧDz bereaved
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In 2023 the Rams drafted Stetson Bennett in the fourth round, but the third-year pro is not regarded as the heir apparent.
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If the Rams do not find Stafford’s heir apparent, there is always next year.
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Min’s lack of ego would be unusual if he was merely upper-middle class, but as the sole heir of a lineage that makes headline news, it’s preposterous.
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As an heir to the Levi Strauss family fortune, Lurie comes from one of the city’s most prominent families, with roots dating to the Gold Rush.
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This literally only benefits the heirs of 1 in 1,000 estates.
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