n. A person or thing that immediately follows another in holding an office or title.
n. The next heir in order or succession.
n. A person who inherits a title or office.
n. The integer or cardinal immediately following another.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. One who succeeds or follows; one who takes the place which another has left, and sustains the like part or character; -- correlative to predecessor.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. One who or that which succeeds or follows; one who takes the place which another has left, and sustains the like part or character: correlative to predecessor.
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n. a thing or person that immediately replaces something or someone
n. a person who inherits some title or office
n. a person who follows next in order
Word Usage
"The real-estate investment trust said the search for a successor is already underway, and will include both internal and external candidates."