Heir Synonyms & Definitions

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• HeirDefinition & Meaning in English

1. (n.) One who receives any endowment from an ancestor or relation; as, the heir of ones reputation or virtues.
2. (n.) One who inherits, or is entitled to succeed to the possession of, any property after the death of its owner; one on whom the law bestows the title or property of another at the death of the latter.
3. (v. t.) To inherit; to succeed to.

• HeirloomDefinition & Meaning in English

1. (n.) Any furniture, movable, or personal chattel, which by law or special custom descends to the heir along with the inheritance; any piece of personal property that has been in a family for several generations.