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.

Chiefly South Midland and Southern U.S. to inherit; succeed to.

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heiress

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beneficiary , crown prince/princess , devisee , grantee , heritor , inheritor , next in line , scion , successornotes:hair is any of the cylindrical filaments characteristically growing from the epidermis of a mammal; a hare is a large , long-eared and long-legged rabbit; an heir is a person who is entitled by law or by the terms of a will to inherit the estate of another , atheling , coheir , coparcener , daughter , dauphin , firstborn , heir apparent , heiress , heir presumptive , legatee , offspring , parcener , primogeniture , son , successor