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heir(noun, person, replacement, offspring, owner)
10
beneficiary(noun, person, replacement, owner, receiver)
10
successor(noun, heir)
8
heritor(noun, replacement, receiver, recipient, successor)
6
heiress(noun, possessor)
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recipient(noun, receiver, heir, successor)
4
heirs
4
inheritress
4
inheritrix
4
legatee(noun, owner, receiver, heir, bearer)
4
offspring
4
progeny
4
scion
3
heir apparent(expression, idiom, possessor)
3
heir presumptive(expression, idiom, possessor)
3
reversioner
2
brood
2
child
2
children
2
descendant
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