Found 2 items, similar to successor.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: successor successor n 1: a person who follows next in order; “he was President Lincoln's successor” [syn: replacement] 2: a thing or person that immediately replaces something or someone 3: a person who inherits some title or office [syn: heir]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Successor Successor \Suc*ces"sor\, n. [OE. successour, OF. successur, successor, F. successeur, L. successor. See Succeed.] One who succeeds or follows; one who takes the place which another has left, and sustains the like part or character; -- correlative to predecessor; as, the successor of a deceased king. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster] A gift to a corporation, either of lands or of chattels, without naming their successors, vests an absolute property in them so lond as the corporation subsists. --Blackstone. [1913 Webster]