Successor Definition

sək-sĕsər
successors
noun
successors
A person or thing that succeeds, or follows, another; esp., one who succeeds to an office, title, etc.
Webster's New World
A person who takes over the rank, office, duties, or privileges of another; a corporation that through merger, buy-out, or other means acquires the duties, stock, rights, and debts of another corporation, known as the predecessor.
Webster's New World Law
The definition of a successor is a person or thing that comes after another.
The son of a king who will become king next is an example of the king's successor.
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The next heir in order or succession.

Wiktionary

(arithmetic, set theory) The integer, ordinal number or cardinal number immediately following another.

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Other Word Forms of Successor

Noun

Singular:
successor
Plural:
successors

Successor Sentence Examples

  • She is the Ruler destined to be my successor, for she is a Royal Princess.

  • His successor was Adrian VI.

  • A successor to the William Waynflete at the King's Hall was admitted on the 3rd of April 1434.

  • What if his successor refused to tread in his father's footsteps?

  • It is the seat of the New York State Agricultural Experiment Station and of Hobart College (nonsectarian), which was first planned in 1812, was founded in 1822 (the majority of its incorporators being members of the Protestant Episcopal church) as successor to Geneva Academy, received a full charter as Geneva College in 1825, and was renamed Hobart Free College in 1852 and Hobart College in 1860, in honour of Bishop John Henry Hobart.

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Words Starting With

SSUSUC

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RORSOR

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