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Meanings of heir in English

Portuguese
herdeiro
Catalan
hereu
Spanish
heredero

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

herdeiro
Portuguese
sucessor
Catalan
successor
Spanish
sucesor

A person who inherits some title or office.

sucessor
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Examples for "successor"
Examples for "successor"
1
I've given my board a year to appoint a successor, Campbell said.
Reuters
2
Later this year the company will start looking to find his successor.
Reuters
3
Then she said, 'I met my successor at Yale two years ago.
61 hours
4
He has no clear successor and no new presidential election appears imminent.
Reuters
5
The successor is likely to come from outside India, the source added.
Reuters
Usage of heir in English
1
He'd said 'Rolen's heir' which meant Lence was free, or did it?
King rolen's kin: the uncrowned king
2
The slaying of the heir was the last act of the vine-dressers.
Expositions of Holy Scripture: St. Luke
3
I'm a Gleister, and therefore a legitimate heir to the royal line.
The Robot Who Looked Like Me
4
This child-hisname is Cimon-cannotof course be made my legal heir.
Julian
5
The tower room had not changed since the heir had left it.
Seven Wonders of a Once and Future World & Other Stories
6
The heir quickly changed the subject, not wishing to anger the Multitude.
Seven Wonders of a Once and Future World & Other Stories
7
The King and the heir presumptive were nearly of the same age.
The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume ...
8
The nurse was in the pew too, with his son and heir.
A Terrible Temptation: A Story of To-Day
9
I am not going to share any opinion about the king's heir.
The King’s Curse
10
The sleeping-room of the heir was the focal spot of violent sorrow.
The Yoke / A Romance of the Days when the Lord Redeemed the Chil...
11
And in this way the true heir came to his own again.
Devon, Its Moorlands, Streams and Coasts
12
I want to be heir to the days before you were queen.
The White Queen
13
He was the heir apparent of the kingdoms of England and Scotland.
History of King Charles the Second of England
14
One of my patients was the son and heir of the Sheik.
Narrative of Captivity in Abyssinia with Some Account of the Lat...
15
He began to take pleasure in showing his heir to the world.
Little Lord Fauntleroy
16
He sent for his kinsman, the Atheling, natural heir to the throne.
Harold : the Last of the Saxon Kings — Volume 09
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Common
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