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suc·ces·sor

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–noun

1.	a person or thing that succeeds or follows.

2.	a person who succeeds another in an office, position, or the like.

[Origin: 1250–1300; < L, equiv. to succed-, var. s. of succédere to succeed + -tor -tor, with dt > ss; r. ME successour < AF < L, as above

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—Related forms

suc·ces·sor·al, adjective

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n. One that succeeds another.

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successor
noun
1.	a person who follows next in order; "he was President Lincoln's successor"
2.	a thing or person that immediately replaces something or someone
3.	a person who inherits some title or office

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary (Beta Version) - Cite This Source - Share This
sucˈcessor [-ˈse-] noun

a person who follows, and take the place of another
Example: Who will be appointed as the manager's successor?

Arabic:	خَليفَه، خَلَف، وريث
Chinese (Simplified):	继承者
Chinese (Traditional):	繼承者
Czech:	nástupce
Danish:	efterfølger
Dutch:	opvolger
Estonian:	järglane
Finnish:	seuraaja
French:	successeur
German:	der, *die Nachfolger(in)
Greek:	διάδοχος
Hungarian:	utód
Icelandic:	eftirmaður; arftaki
Indonesian:	pengganti
Italian:	successore

Japanese:	後継者
Korean:	후계자, 후임자
Latvian:	mantinieks; pēctecis; pārņēmējs
Lithuanian:	perėmėjas, įpėdinis
Norwegian:	etterfølger
Polish:	następca
Portuguese (Brazil):	sucessor
Portuguese (Portugal):	sucessor
Romanian:	succesor
Russian:	преемник
Slovak:	nástupca
Slovenian:	naslednik
Spanish:	sucesor
Swedish:	efterträdare, efterföljare
Turkish:	halef, vâris

See also: in succession, succeed, success, succession, successive, successful

Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law - Cite This Source - Share This

Main Entry: suc·ces·sor
Pronunciation: s&k-'se-s&r
Function: noun
: one that follows : one that succeeds another (as in a position, title, office, or estate)

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SuccessoR
A language for distributed computing derived from SR.
["SuccessoR: Refinements to SR", R.A. Olsson et al, TR 84-3, U Arizona 1984].
(1994-12-15)

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successor
daughter

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