About The Word Successor
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Successor
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What's The Definition Of Successor?
[n] a thing or person that immediately replaces something or someone
[n] a person who inherits some title or office [n] a person who follows next in order; "he was President Lincoln's successor" Synonyms | Synonyms for Successor: heir | replacement Related Terms | Find terms related to Successor: See Also | compeer | equal | issue | match | offspring | peer | progeny | replacement | substitute Successor In Webster's Dictionary \Suc*ces"sor\, n. [OE. successour, OF. successur,
successor, F. successeur, L. successor. See {Succeed}.]
One who succeeds or follows; one who takes the place which
another has left, and sustains the like part or character; --
correlative to predecessor; as, the successor of a deceased
king. --Chaucer.
A gift to a corporation, either of lands or of
chattels, without naming their successors, vests an
absolute property in them so lond as the corporation
subsists. --Blackstone.
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