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   heir

   /ɛː/

   noun

   • 1. a person legally entitled to the property or rank of another on that person's death: "his eldest son and heir"
   • ▪ a person who inherits and continues the work of a predecessor: "they saw themselves as heirs of the Cubists"

   Word Origin Middle English: via Old French from Latin heres.

   Derivatives

   • 1. heirdom noun
   • 2. heirless adjective
   • 3. heirship noun

   Scrabble Points: 7

   • H

     4

   • E

     1

   • I

     1

   • R

     1

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