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inheritor
CIDE DICTIONARY
inheritor, n.
One who inherits; an heir. [1913 Webster]
"Born inheritors of the dignity." [1913 Webster]
THESAURUS
inheritor
apparent heir, backup man, beneficiary heir, breed, brood, children, coparcener, descendant, descendants, descent, family, fideicommissary heir, fiduciary heir, fruit, grandchildren, great-grandchildren, 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, heirs, heritor, hostages to fortune, inheritors, inheritress, inheritrix, issue, joint heir, kids, lineage, little ones, new generation, next in line, offspring, posterity, presumptive heir, progeny, remainderman, replacement, reversioner, rising generation, seed, sons, succession, successor, treasures, younglings, youngstersROGET THESAURUS
inheritor
Possessor
N possessor, holder, occupant, occupier, tenant, person in possession, man in possession, renter, lodger, lessee, underlessee, zemindar, ryot, tenant on sufferance, tenant at will, tenant from year to year, tenant for years, tenant for life, owner, proprietor, proprietress, proprietary, impropriator, master, mistress, lord, land holder, land owner, landlord, land lady, slumlord, lord of the manor, lord paramount, heritor, laird, vavasour, landed gentry, mesne lord, planter, cestui-que-trust, beneficiary, mortgagor, grantee, feoffee, releasee, relessee, devisee, legatee, legatary, trustee, holder of the legal estate, mortgagee, right owner, rightful owner, heir presumptive, heir apparent, heiress, inheritor, inheritress, inheritrix, reversioner, remainderman.For further exploring for "inheritor" in Webster Dictionary Online