inheritor
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of inheritor
First recorded in 1400–50, inheritor is from the late Middle English word enheritour, enheriter. See inherit, -or 2
Example Sentences
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The nizam’s court, with its sumptuous palaces, its concubines, its rituals and recitations of poetry and music, was the chief inheritor of the archaic grandeur of the moguls.
If the trust sells the asset and sends the proceeds to beneficiaries, it passes along the capital-gains tax bill, which inheritors must pay that year.
From Barron's
The thing about icons, he adds, is that their lives and work are endlessly interpretable by any number of inheritors.
From Los Angeles Times
Could it be desperate, unfortunate fans whose beloved teams are owned by inheritors, nepo families, or private equity bros who celebrate their glamorous assets?
From Los Angeles Times
More than half of those inheritors are from Western Europe, unsurprising given the region’s longer history of wealth accumulation, Abby writes.
From Barron's
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