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Successor

Successor Meaning & Definition
Successor Definition And Meaning

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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