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

  • (..) You can have one of your own so you won't adopt. Look, I'm sorry to interrupt this. But we gotta go. The baby, please. I'm returning to his heir. Oh, yeah. Nice try, bucktooth. You're calling me a lair? I didn't say that. You were thinking it. I don't like this cat. He reads mind. (..)
    2002 Ice Age
  • (..) Yeah, but I'm still trying to get rid of the last thing I saved. You can't leave him here. Look, there's smoke. That's his heir right up the hill . We should return him . Let's get something straight. There's no "we". There never was a "we". In fact, without me, there wouldn't even be a "you"! (..)
    2002 Ice Age