| HEIR | a person who is entitled by law or by the terms of a will to inherit the estate of another |
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| HEIR | a person who inherits some title or office |
| HEIR | an heir whose right to an inheritance cannot be defeated if that person outlives the ancestor |
| HEIR | a person who expects to inherit but whose right can be defeated by the birth of a nearer relative |
| HEIR | the person legally entitled to inherit the property of someone who dies intestate |
| HEIR | a female heir |
| HEIR | something that has been in a family for generations |
| HEIR | (law) any property that is considered by law or custom as inseparable from an inheritance is inherited with that inheritance |