Definitions for heir
ɛərheir

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:3.0 / 2 votes

1. heir, inheritor, heritornoun

   a person who is entitled by law or by the terms of a will to inherit the estate of another

2. successor, heirnoun

   a person who inherits some title or office

WiktionaryRate this definition:3.0 / 3 votes

1. heirnoun

   Someone who inherits, or is designated to inherit, the property of another.

2. heirnoun

   One who inherits, or has been designated to inherit, a hereditary title or office.

3. heirnoun

   A successor in a role, representing continuity with the predecessor.

4. Etymology: From heres, from eir, heir, from heres (genitive heredis).

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. HEIRnoun

   One that is inheritor of any thing after the present possessor.

   Etymology: heire, old Fr. hæres, Latin.

   An heir signifies the eldest, who is, by the laws of England, to have all his father’s land. John Locke.

   What lady is that?
   —— The heir of Alanson, Rosaline her name. William Shakespeare.

   That I’ll give my voice on Richard’s side,
   To bar my master’s heirs in true descent,
   God knows, I will not do it. William Shakespeare, Richard III.

   Being heirs together of the grace of life. 1 Pet. iii. 7.

   The young extravagant heir had got a new steward, and was resolved to look into his estate before things grew desperate. Jonathan Swift.

   Sunk is the hero, and his glory lost,
   And I his heir in misery alone. Alexander Pope, Odyssey.

   The heirs to titles and large estates have a weakness in their eyes, and a tenderness in their constitutions. Jonathan Swift.

2. To Heirverb

   To inherit.

   Etymology: from the noun.

   His sons in blooming youth were snatch’d by fate;
   One only daughter heir’d the royal state. John Dryden, Æn.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. heir

   Inheritance is the practice of receiving private property, titles, debts, entitlements, privileges, rights, and obligations upon the death of an individual. The rules of inheritance differ among societies and have changed over time. Officially bequeathing private property and/or debts can be performed by a testator via will, as attested by a notary or by other lawful means.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. heir

   An heir is a person who has the legal right to inherit property, a title, or a position upon the death of an owner or holder. This can either happen through the will or testament of the deceased person, or through legal regulations if no will exists. An heir may also refer to one who is expected to continue or succeed a previous role or tradition.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Heirnoun

   one who inherits, or is entitled to succeed to the possession of, any property after the death of its owner; one on whom the law bestows the title or property of another at the death of the latter

2. Heirnoun

   one who receives any endowment from an ancestor or relation; as, the heir of one's reputation or virtues

3. Heirverb

   to inherit; to succeed to

4. Etymology: [OE. heir, eir, hair, OF. heir, eir, F. hoir, L. heres; of uncertain origin. Cf. Hereditary, Heritage.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:4.0 / 1 vote

1. Heir

   ār, n. one who inherits anything after the death of the owner: one entitled to anything after the present possessor: a child, offspring:—fem. Heiress (ār′es).—v.t. Heir, to inherit.—ns. Heir′-appā′rent, the one by law acknowledged to be heir; Heir′-at-law, an heir by legal right; Heir′dom, Heir′ship.—adj. Heir′less, without an heir.—ns. Heir′loom, any piece of furniture or personal property which descends to the heir-at-law by special custom; Heir′-presump′tive, one who will be heir if no nearer relative should be born.—Heir by custom, one whose right as heir is determined by customary modes of descent, as gavelkind, &c. [O. Fr. heir—L. hēres, an heir.]

Editors ContributionRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. heirnoun

   His and her title given as officials of the state, to the ambassador, and the Hebrew Yahwist Temple, or used in addressing the public in a wavelength of time that's just greater than the laws in the visible light. 1.) A person legally entitled to the property or rank of another on that person's death. A person inheriting and continuing the legacy of a predecessor.

   The Most High is the heir to God Almighty throne next to The Messiah.

   Etymology: The King

   
   

   Submitted by Tehorah_Elyon on February 1, 2024  

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1. heir

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Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. HEIR

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Heir is ranked #106096 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Heir surname appeared 168 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Heir.
   
   69% or 116 total occurrences were White.
   22.6% or 38 total occurrences were Asian.
   3.5% or 6 total occurrences were of two or more races.

Matched Categories

1. • Offspring
   • Recipient

British National Corpus

1. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'heir' in Nouns Frequency: #2475

Anagrams for heir »

1. hire

2. rehi

3. ReHi

How to pronounce heir?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say heir in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of heir in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of heir in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of heir in a Sentence

1. Sam Greene:

   This government has tried very hard to portray itself as the heir of both the Soviet Union and tsarist Russia, but it doesn't want to explicitly take a side in the revolution. If it says it was or was not justified, it is going to make friends among some and alienate a lot of others.

2. Tokuo Hayakawa:

   I can't tell my grandson to be my heir, reviving this town is impossible.

3. Pierre Gilliard:

   “He thoroughly enjoyed life—when it let him—and he was a happy, romping boy. He was very simple in his tastes and he entertained no false satisfaction because he was the Heir; there was nothing he thought less about.”

4. Famous Proverb:

   A rich man is either a scoundrel or the heir of a scoundrel.

5. Jeff Bock:

   She has a hot streak going like no other comedian, male or female, working today, you have to consider the lineage of Eddie Murphy in the ’80s, Jim Carrey in the ’90s and Adam Sandler in the aughts. She is their heir apparent.

Popularity rank by frequency of use

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=heir
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Heir
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=heir
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heir
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/heir
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=heir
8. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html