Antonym: heiress. Similar words: their, weird, heist, height, atheist, heinous, polytheism, polytheistic. Meaning: [er /eə] 
n. 1. a person who is entitled by law or by the terms of a will to inherit the estate of another 2. a person who inherits some title or office.
n. 1. a person who is entitled by law or by the terms of a will to inherit the estate of another 2. a person who inherits some title or office. 
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31) Jonson was his political heir as leader of the Nationalist Party.
32) Despite having a large family, they still had no son and heir.
33) The Earl of Arundel's heir was restored to his inheritance and granted the lordship of Chirk.
34) The house was her spiritual home for which she sought a spiritual heir.
35) He is the sole heir to a large mining fortune.
36) When the Earl of Surrey died in 1347 he left no direct heir.
37) She is the heir to a legacy of ￡1 million.
38) His heir sold the painting to the London art dealer Agnews.
39) He planned to marry and produce an heir for his estate.
40) Everyone recognized him to be the lawful heir / as the lawful heir.
41) Nash did not live a cloistered existence nor was he spared the shocks that flesh is heir to.
42) On his brother's death he became heir apparent to the title.
43) He is the eldest son and thus heir to the title.
44) She's the heir to a department store fortune.
45) The boy's his legal heir.
46) She made her stepson heir.
47) Wasn't he the rightful heir?
48) Lieutenant Denholm is the heir to an earldom.
49) Huston is considered the governor's political heir apparent.
50) He was also seen as heir apparent to Redstone.
51) We are told nothing about the heir he instituted.
52) Beatrice died soon after and without producing an heir.
53) There is no heir to the baronetcy.
54) The Earl's descendant accepted the apologies of Hampden's heir.
55) The heir to the Blenheim Palace estate in Oxfordshire pleaded guilty to all six charges.
56) The princes had obviously refused to select their prince as Phoenix King although he was obviously the rightful heir to Aenarion.
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58) Du Pont is a direct heir to the du Pont fortune.
59) But so far, media buyers in California see no sign of the publishing heir.
60) In this sense, Mr Major is child and heir of Thatcherism, smile and smile as he may.