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Meaning of 'successor' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Successor [ 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; as, the successor of a deceased king.

Meaning of 'successor' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . successor [ n]
Meaning (1):
- a person who follows next in order
Example in sentence:
  • he was President Lincoln's successor

Nearby Words:

succade succedane succedanea succedaneous succedaneum succeed succeedant succeeded succeeder succeeding

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