- heir, inheritor, heritor - a person who is entitled by law or by the terms of a will to inherit the estate of another
--1 is a kind of recipient, receiver
--1 has particulars:heir apparent; heir-at-law; heiress, inheritress, inheritrix; heir presumptive - successor, heir - a person who inherits some title or office
--2 is a kind of offspring, progeny, issue