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successor
/səkˈsɛsɚ/
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What does successor mean?
noun
- A person or thing that immediately follows another in holding an office or title.
- The next heir in order or succession.
- A person who inherits a title or office.
More meanings (1)
noun
- 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.
When disabled from age any longer to hold the sceptre of power, he designates his successor, and transmits it to his favorite!
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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.
Sir John had gained a respite from the task he dreaded, the task of going in quest of a successor to Narcisse.
And the commander, as the wrestler, is to be accounted to have done most who leaves an adversary almost conquered for his successor.