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successor

/səkˈsɛsɚ/

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What does successor mean?

noun

  1. A person or thing that immediately follows another in holding an office or title.
  2. The next heir in order or succession.
  3. A person who inherits a title or office.
More meanings (1)

noun

  1. The integer, ordinal number or cardinal number immediately following another.

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IPA pronunciation

/səkˈsɛsɚ/

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I'm resigning the very first moment that Judy can find a suitable successor, but that, I fear, will not be immediately.
Jean WebsterDear EnemyProject Gutenberg ebook #238
When disabled from age any longer to hold the sceptre of power, he designates his successor, and transmits it to his favorite!
Henry ClayHenry Clay's Remarks in House and SenateProject Gutenberg ebook #739
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She was the most successful British dirigible constructed up to that time, and her successor, the 'Gamma,' was built on similar lines.
Evelyn Charles Vivian; W. Lockwood (William Lockwood) MarshA History of AeronauticsProject Gutenberg ebook #874
Sir John had gained a respite from the task he dreaded, the task of going in quest of a successor to Narcisse.
W. G., Mrs. WatersThe Cook's Decameron A Study in Taste, Containing over Two Hundred Recipes for Italian DishesProject Gutenberg ebook #930
And the commander, as the wrestler, is to be accounted to have done most who leaves an adversary almost conquered for his successor.
PlutarchPlutarch: Lives of the noble Grecians and RomansProject Gutenberg ebook #674