Heir - definition, pronunciation, transcription
noun
- a person who inherits some title or office (syn: successor)
Extra examples
His heirs could inherit millions of dollars.
The king left no heirs when he died.
John was the sole heir to a vast estate.
Jonson was his political heir as leader of the Nationalist Party.
The new government fell heir to all the problems of the old one.
He became the sole heir to the property.
As the heir to an earldom, Stephen was obliged to pay a courtesy call on the British ambassador ...
He died without begetting an heir.
She acknowledged him as her heir.
They adopted the child as their heir.
The treaty of Troyes made Henry V heir to the crown of France.
Henry the Eighth wanted a male heir to ensure the Tudor line of succession.
Perry Mason solved the case of the missing heir
The estate devolved to an heir that everybody had assumed to be dead
The Crown Prince was acknowledged as the true heir to the throne
Word forms
singular: heir
plural: heirs
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