inheritor

It belonged to Jean's godmother Jeanne Baudot, a friend and student of Renoir's, who passed the painting on to her inheritors.

Oedipus calls himself Laius’ “successor, the inheritor of his legacy,” and in true Sophoclean fashion he speaks more than he knows.

"It's the extraordinary story of a family who happens to be the inheritors of the biggest brewery in the world," said Knight.

A new self-made elite has replaced the old inheritors - but access remains largely out of reach for the average middle-class Indian.

Mrs Mbasana feels her three children are the inheritors of this legacy - particularly affecting her oldest son Lifalethu who was at a township school between the ages of six and 10.