successor.
A person or thing that immediately follows another in holding an office or title.
Meaning & usage
A person or thing that immediately follows another in holding an office or title.
George W. Bush was successor to Bill Clinton as President of the US.
They haven't yet named her successor.
The next heir in order or succession.
A person who inherits a title or office.
The integer, ordinal number or cardinal number immediately following another.
A limit ordinal is not the successor of any ordinal.
Where this word comes from
From Anglo-Norman successour, from Latin successor.
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