inheritor

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The nizam’s court, with its sumptuous palaces, its concubines, its rituals and recitations of poetry and music, was the chief inheritor of the archaic grandeur of the moguls.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 4, 2026

What happens if one inheritor later wants to sell, and the others still can’t buy out that share?

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2025

From new wunderkid hero at the Camp Nou and inheritor of Lionel Messi's number 10 shirt, to an almost forgotten man as his young body was ravaged by injuries.

From BBC • Oct. 5, 2023

For their loved ones, it's the life-changing difference between being a wife and a widow, a companion and a mourner, a child and an inheritor.

From Salon • Jul. 14, 2023

She was the inheritor of a legacy of privilege.

From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell