Heir Definition

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heirs
noun
heirs
A person who inherits or is legally entitled to inherit, through the natural action of the law, another's property or title upon the other's death.
Webster's New World
Anyone who receives property of a deceased person either by will or by law.
Webster's New World
A person who succeeds or is in line to succeed to a hereditary rank, title, or office.
American Heritage
One who receives or is expected to receive a heritage, as of ideas, from a predecessor.
American Heritage
A person who appears to get some trait from, or carries on in the tradition of, a predecessor.
Webster's New World
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Other Word Forms of Heir

Noun

Singular:
heir
Plural:
heirs

Origin of Heir

  • From Middle English heres, from Old French eir, heir, from Latin hēres (genitive hēredis).

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English from Anglo-Norman from Latin hērēs ghē- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Heir Sentence Examples

  • Alex was the reluctant heir to an enormous amount of land and money.

  • To a Medena heir who is wealthy in his own right.

  • Alex was living proof that an heir was more important to Senor Medena than honor.

  • His two wives, Alice Ufford and Alice Fitton - heir of Fitton's manor in Wiggenhall - were both daughters of knightly houses.

  • Not that I'm rich, at least not by most standards, but I was the only heir to grandmother Radisson and a great-aunt.

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Words Starting With

HHEHEI

Words Ending With

RIREIR

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heir

Words Starting With H and Ending With R

Starts With H & Ends With RStarts With HE & Ends With RStarts With H & Ends With IR

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4 Letter Words4 Letter Words Starting With H4 Letter Words Ending With R