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inheritor(noun, person, replacement, offspring, owner)
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successor(noun, person, property, legacy, heritage)
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scion(noun, person, offshoot, posterity, descendant)
15
recipient(noun, subject, target, receiver, successor)
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beneficiary(noun, person, subject, master, receiver)
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legatee(noun, partner, holder, owner, possessor)
10
descendant(noun, person, issue, shoot, cutting)
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heiress(noun, partner, holder, owner, possessor)
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heritor(noun, person, replacement, partner, holder)
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offspring(noun, child, children)
5
inheritress
4
offshoot
4
posterity
4
son(noun, child, offspring, posterity)
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owner(noun, person, master, partner, holder)
4
seed
3
issue
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progeny
3
child(noun, posterity)
3
devisee(noun, person, recipient, successor, inheritor)
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