heir
noun
[ ɛː ]
• a person legally entitled to the property or rank of another on that person's death.
• "his eldest son and heir"
Similar:
successor,
heiress,
next in line,
inheritor,
heir apparent,
heir presumptive,
heir-at-law,
descendant,
beneficiary,
legatee,
scion,
devisee,
grantee,
parcener,
coparcener,
heritor,
Origin:
Middle English: via Old French from Latin heres .
