heir

Definition

  • noun: a person who has the legal right to receive the property of someone who dies
  • noun: one who inherits or is entitled to inherit property
  • often + 'to'
  • synonyms: inherit, inheritor, heritor

Examples

  • The Prince of Wales is (the) 'heir apparent' to the throne of England.

  • The coach named her assistant as her 'heir apparent'.

  • She is the sole 'heir to' her family's fortune.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) "or to take arms against a sea of trouble, "And by sleep to say we end the heartache "and the thousand natural shocks that flesh is heir to. "the undiscovered country... from whose bourn"... "In thy orisons, be all my sins remembered... "Or erased." (..)
    2016 TvShow: 12 Monkeys Title: Lullaby Season: 2 Episode 8