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successor
CIDE DICTIONARY
successor, 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. [1913 Webster]
"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." [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
successor, n. (often foll. by to) a person or thing that succeeds to another.
Etymology
ME f. OF successour f. L successor (as SUCCEED)
THESAURUS
successor
adherent, aftermath, apparent heir, appendage, attendant, backup man, beneficiary heir, buff, cavaliere servente, conclusion, consequence, coparcener, courtier, dangler, dependent, descendant, disciple, dynasty, effect, fan, fideicommissary heir, fiduciary heir, flunky, follower, following, hanger-on, heir, heir apparent, heir expectant, heir general, heir in tail, heir of entail, heir of inventory, heir of line, heir portioner, heir presumptive, heir whatsoever, heiress, henchman, heritor, homme de cour, inheritor, inheritress, inheritrix, joint heir, line, lineage, next in line, offspring, orphan, parasite, partisan, posterity, presumptive heir, public, pursuer, pursuivant, relict, remainderman, replacement, reversioner, satellite, sectary, sequel, shadow, stooge, supporter, survivor, tagtail, tail, trainbearer, votary, ward heeler, widow, widowerROGET THESAURUS
successor
Sequel
N sequel, suffix, successor, tail, queue, train, wake, trail, rear, retinue, suite, appendix, postscript, epilogue, peroration, codicil, continuation, sequela, appendage, tail piece, heelpiece, tag, more last words, colophon, aftercome, aftergrowth, afterpart, afterpiece, aftercourse, afterthought, aftergame, arriere pensee, second thoughts, outgrowth.Posteriority
N posteriority, succession, sequence, following, subsequence, supervention, futurity, successor, sequel, remainder, reversion, subsequent, posterior, following, after, later, succeeding, postliminious, postnate, postdiluvial, postdiluvian, puisne, posthumous, future, afterdinner, postprandial, subsequently, after, afterwards, since, later, at a subsequent, at a later period, at a later date, next, in the sequel, close upon, thereafter, thereupon, upon which, eftsoons, from that time, from that moment, after a while, after a time, in process of time.For further exploring for "successor" in Webster Dictionary Online