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heir

heir /ˈeɚ/ noun
plural heirs
heir
/ˈeɚ/
noun
plural heirs
Learner's definition of HEIR
[count]
: a person who has the legal right to receive the property of someone who dies后嗣;继承人
often + to
: a person who has the right to become a king or queen or to claim a title when the person holding it dies(王位等头衔的)继承人
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 4607 COCA: 6177

heir

1 of 2

noun

1
: one who receives property from an ancestor : one who is entitled to inherit property
was her father's sole heir
2
: one who inherits or is entitled to succeed to a hereditary rank, title, or office
heir to the throne
3
: one who receives or is entitled to receive something other than property from a parent or predecessor
saw himself as the logical heir to the slain dictator
heirless adjective
heirship noun

heir

2 of 2

verb

heired; heiring; heirs

transitive verb

chiefly dialectal

Synonyms

Example Sentences

Noun His heirs could inherit millions of dollars. The king left no heirs when he died.
Recent Examples on the Web
Noun
When a great council assembles to pick an heir to the Iron Throne, the narrator points out key figures. Darren Franich, EW.com, 19 Aug. 2022 Goldman, an heir to the Levi Strauss & Co. fortune, was an impeachment manager during the first impeachment of Trump. Daniel Strauss, The New Republic, 18 Aug. 2022 Pritzker, a billionaire businessman and an heir to the Hyatt Hotels fortune, sought to move past the party squabble. Jeremy Gorner, Chicago Tribune, 17 Aug. 2022 Rather than covering the entire contents of Fire & Blood, House of the Dragon starts in the middle of the book, covering the fourth Targaryen king’s rule, and his subsequent search for an heir to the throne. Milan Polk, Men's Health, 17 Aug. 2022 Beau dated Lilly Phipps, an heir to the Phipps family fortune. Adam Entous, The New Yorker, 15 Aug. 2022 No one distributes more of the stuff than 76-year-old Richard Uihlein, an heir to the Schlitz beer fortune, and his wife, Elizabeth, 77, who together started a company called Uline in their basement in 1980. Kyle Mullins, Forbes, 3 Aug. 2022 Worlds collide in this historical drama when an heir to a fashion house falls in love with a seamstress. Selena Barrientos, Good Housekeeping, 29 July 2022 The King of Rock 'n' Roll gained an heir to his throne on Feb. 1, 1968, with the birth of the couple's first and only child, Lisa Marie Presley. Nicole Briese, PEOPLE.com, 23 June 2022
Verb
Charles then passed his Prince of Wales title to his eldest son and heir William, making William's wife the Princess of Wales, as his mother Diana once was before. Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 16 Sep. 2022 As her eldest son, and therefore heir to the throne, the pair had a close relationship. Vogue, 12 Sep. 2022 Alexander Skarsgård will be back as Lukas Matsson, Hope Davis will reprise her role as media heir Sandi Furness, and Arian Moayed and Annabelle Dexter-Jones will reappear as Kendall's frenemy Stewy and love interest Naomi Pierce, respectively. Quinci Legardye, Harper's BAZAAR, 12 Sep. 2022 The pair talked to CNN this week about the series and heir own gutsy moments. Lisa Respers France, CNN, 8 Sep. 2022 Prince Charles, heir to the throne, is now King Charles III, and his wife Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall, is now the Queen Consort. Erica Gonzales, ELLE, 8 Sep. 2022 The decision was taken with the 96-year-old monarch's comfort in mind the source said, adding Prince Charles, heir to the throne, will be attending as planned. Reuters, NBC News, 2 Sep. 2022 This secret has been passed from king to heir since Aegon's time. Emily Burack, Town & Country, 22 Aug. 2022 Viserys isn't pleased with his brother, and a tense argument reveals that Daemon despises his wife, Lady Rhea Royce, heir to Runestone in the Vale of Arryn. Randall Colburn, EW.com, 22 Aug. 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

Noun

Middle English eir, eyre, heir, borrowed from Anglo-French heir, going back to Vulgar Latin *hērem, *hēre, taken as oblique forms (by declension reassignment) of Latin hērēd-, hērēs, from hēr- (probably going back to Indo-European heh1ro- "abandoned, derelict," whence also Greek chêros "widowed, orphaned, bereaved," chérā "widow") + -ēd-, perhaps a suffixal element

Note: Latin hērēd- has been directly compared with the base of Greek chērōstaí "kinsmen inheriting the property of a person lacking closer relatives" (with the agent suffix -tēs). Opposing the interpretation of *-ēd-/*-ōd- as a suffixal element is an older explanation that sees the etymon as a compound of heh1ro- and the verbal base *h1ed- "eat"—the whole hence meaning approximately "that which devours what is left behind." (The Greek outcome would then be from heh1ro-h1d-, with zero grade of the verb.) The adjective heh1ro- has been taken as a derivative of the verbal base heh1- "let go, leave behind" (see go entry 1).

Verb

Middle English erren, heyren, derivative of eir, eyre heir entry 1

First Known Use

Noun

13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Verb

14th century, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of heir was in the 13th century
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 4607 COCA: 6177
heir

noun

ADJECTIVE | VERB + HEIR | PREPOSITION | PHRASES ADJECTIVElegal, legitimate, rightful法定繼承人;合法繼承人the rightful heir to the throne王位的合法繼承人natural, real, true自然繼承人;真正的繼承人The socialists saw themselves as true heirs of the Enlightenment.社會主義者認為自己是啟蒙運動的真正繼承者。worthy稱職的繼承人direct直系繼承人When the Earl of Surrey died in 1347 he left no direct heir.薩里伯爵 1347 年去世時沒有子嗣。immediate直接繼承人chosen, designated選定的/指定的繼承人apparent, presumptive (both only after heir 兩者僅用於 heir 之後) 當然/推定繼承人On his brother's death he became heir apparent to the title.他哥哥一死,他就成了這個爵位的當然繼承人。future未來的繼承人He's the future heir to the throne.他是未來的王位繼承人。sole唯一繼承人female, male女性/男性繼承人royal王室繼承人political, spiritual政治/精神繼承人He sees himself as the spiritual heir to Kennedy.他把自己看成肯尼迪的精神繼承人。VERB + HEIRhave有繼承人He has no heir to leave his fortune to.他沒有子嗣繼承他的財產。beget (formal) , produce生下繼承人He planned to marry and produce an heir for his estate.他計劃結婚並為自己的財產生一名繼承人。name指定繼承人On his deathbed he named his second son as his heir.他在臨終時指定自己的二兒子為繼承人。become, fall (especially BrE) 成為繼承人;繼承⋯At the age of twenty he fell heir to a large estate.他 20 歲時繼承了一大筆財產。PREPOSITIONheir to⋯的繼承人He is the sole heir to a large mining fortune.他是那筆巨額礦業財產的唯一繼承人。PHRASESthe heir to the throne王位繼承人sb's son and heir某人的子嗣He left most of his property to his eldest son and heir.他把大部份財產留給了長子。

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