successor

The definition of a successor is a person or thing that comes after another.

(noun)

The son of a king who will become king next is an example of the king's successor.

See successor in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

a person or thing that succeeds, or follows, another; esp., one who succeeds to an office, title, etc.

Origin: ME < OFr successour < L successor < successus, pp. of succedere: see succeed

See successor in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

One that succeeds another.

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