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Heritor

A proprietor or landholder in a parish.

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Heiress 76% connected

A female heir.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Inheritress 76% connected

A heiress.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Inheritrix 76% connected

Same as Inheritress.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Receiver 76% connected

One who takes or receives in any manner.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Recipient 76% connected

A receiver; the person or thing that receives; one to whom, or that to which, anything is given or communicated; specifically, the receiver of a stil…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Inherit 74% connected

To take by descent from an ancestor; to take by inheritance; to take as heir on the death of an ancestor or other person to whose estate one succeeds…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Inherit 74% connected

To take by descent from an ancestor; to take by inheritance; to take as heir on the death of an ancestor or other person to whose estate one succeeds…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Synonym 2

Heir 92% connected

One who inherits, or is entitled to succeed to the possession of, any property after the death of its owner; one on whom the law bestows the title or…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Inheritor 92% connected

One who inherits; an heir.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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