| 单词 | heir |
| 释义 | heir —heirless, adj. /air/, n. 1. a person who inherits or has a right of inheritance in the property of another following the latter's death. 2. Law. a. (in common law) a person who inherits all the property of a deceased person, as by descent, relationship, will, or legal process. b. Civil Law. a person who legally succeeds to the place of a deceased person and assumes the rights and obligations of the deceased, as the liabilities for debts or the possessory rights to property. 3. a person who inherits or is entitled to inherit the rank, title, position, etc., of another. 4. a person or group considered as inheriting the tradition, talent, etc., of a predecessor. v.t. 5. Chiefly South Midland and Southern U.S. to inherit; succeed to. [1225-75; ME eir, heir < OF < L hered- (s. of heres); akin to Gk chêros bereaved] |
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