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inheritor

noun as in beneficiary

noun as in heir

noun as in successor

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Obama is trying to argue the group is the “true inheritor of bin Laden” in order to legally justify the war.

For a while there, Liz seemed the obvious inheritor of the Cheney political mantle.

However, his claim to be the major inheritor of any dynastic power in News Corp. looks completely broken.

Because Chasen's mom has since died, her niece, Melissa Cohen, would now be a major inheritor, according to the 1994 will.

He was the inheritor of that side of his father's policy which was most distasteful to the Whigs.

He saw the woman who loved him, and whom he loved, tagged and claimed by a contemptible pygmy, the accidental inheritor of wealth.

Consent to marry me, and on our wedding-day I will prove you the legal inheritor of an honorable name and a great fortune.

Only in case of a childless inheritor did they go to a niece or nephew.

He may be regarded as the last direct inheritor of the traditions of Masaccio.

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On this page you'll find 58 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to inheritor, such as: heir, recipient, assignee, devisee, donee, and grantee.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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