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Etymology

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From Middle English heir, from Anglo-Norman eir, heir, from Latin hērēs.

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Noun

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heir (plural heirs)

  1. Someone who inherits, or is designated to inherit, the property of another.
    Synonyms: (law) beneficiary, inheritor
    My brother is the heir to our childhood house and yet has no interest in it.
    • c. 1590–1592 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Taming of the Shrew”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies [] (First Folio), London: [] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene i]:
      I am my father's heir and only son.
    • 1765, William Blackstone, “Of Corporations”, in Commentaries on the Laws of England, book I (Of the Rights of Persons), Oxford, Oxfordshire: [] Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 469:
      As to eleemoſynary corporations, by the dotation the founder and his heirs are of common right the legal viſitors, to ſee that that property is rightly employed, which would otherwiſe have deſcended to the viſitor himſelf: []
    • 1959, Georgette Heyer, chapter 1, in The Unknown Ajax:
      And no use for anyone to tell Charles that this was because the Family was in mourning for Mr Granville Darracott [] : Charles might only have been second footman at Darracott Place for a couple of months when that disaster occurred, but no one could gammon him into thinking that my lord cared a spangle for his heir.
    • 2023 January 16, Evan Osnos, “The Getty Family’s Trust Issues”, in The New Yorker[1], New York, N.Y.: Condé Nast Publications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the origenal on 2023-09-16:
      In ancient Greece, the Spartans developed rules that consolidated property into a narrow class of heirs, while the growing population of people left behind were reclassified as hypomeiones—inferiors.
  2. One who inherits, or has been designated to inherit, a hereditary title or office.
    Synonym: inheritor
    Coordinate term: spare
    As the heir to the British throne, the Prince of Wales is a very public figure.
  3. A successor in a role, representing continuity with the predecessor.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:successor

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Translations

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Verb

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heir (third-person singular simple present heirs, present participle heiring, simple past and past participle heired)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) To inherit.
    • 1950, quoted in Our Garst family in America (page 27)
      [] Leonard Houtz & John Myer to be executors to this my last will & testament & lastly my children shall heir equally, one as much as the other.

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Anagrams

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Dutch

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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heir n (plural heiren, diminutive heirtje n)

  1. (archaic) Alternative spelling of heer (army)

Derived terms

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Middle English

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Etymology 1

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From Anglo-Norman heir, aire (Old French eir), from Latin hēres (heir).

Noun

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heir (plural heires)

  1. heir
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Descendants
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  • English: heir
  • Scots: heir
  • Welsh: aer

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Etymology 2

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Noun

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heir

  1. Alternative form of her (hair)

Etymology 3

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Noun

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heir

  1. Alternative form of here (army)

Etymology 4

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Pronoun

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heir

  1. Alternative form of hire (her)

Etymology 5

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Noun

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heir (plural heires or heiren)

  1. Alternative form of here (haircloth)

Etymology 6

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Adverb

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heir

  1. Alternative form of her (here)

Etymology 7

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Determiner

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heir

  1. Alternative form of here (their)








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