VDict - Definition of successor

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successor

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Noun

a person who inherits some title or office

a thing or person that immediately replaces something or someone

a person who follows next in order
- he was President Lincoln's successor

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Synonyms:
heir replacement

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Words pronounced/spelled similarly to "successor":
successor succor scissor
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