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  1. 1. n. One who succeeds or follows; one who takes the place which another has left, and sustains the like part or character; -- correlative to predecessor; as, the successor of a deceased king. Source: opted
  2. 2. n. a person who follows next in order Source: wordnet
  3. 3. n. a thing or person that immediately replaces something or someone Source: wordnet
  4. 4. n. a person who inherits some title or office Source: wordnet
  5. 5. One who succeeds or follows; one who takes the place which another has left, and sustains the like part or character; -- correlative to predecessor; as, the successor of a deceased king. Chaucer. A gift to a corporation, either of lands or of chattels, without naming their successors, vests an absolute property in them so lond as the corporation subsists. Blackstone. Source: webster
  6. 6. One who succeeds or follows; one who takes the place whichanother has left, and sustains the like part or character; --correlative to predecessor; as, the successor of a deceased king.Chaucer.A gift to a corporation, either of lands or of chattels, withoutnaming their successors, vests an absolute property in them so londas the corporation subsists. Blackstone. Source: adambom
  7. 7. n:100 n. a person who follows next in order n. a thing or person that immediately replaces something or someone n. a person who inherits some title or office Source: ecdict

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