'Successor' definitions:

Definition of 'successor'

From: WordNet
noun
A person who follows next in order; "he was President Lincoln's successor" [syn: successor, replacement]
noun
A thing or person that immediately replaces something or someone
noun
A person who inherits some title or office [syn: successor, heir]

Definition of 'Successor'

From: GCIDE
  • Successor \Suc*ces"sor\, n. [OE. successour, OF. successur, successor, F. successeur, L. successor. See Succeed.] 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. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
  • A gift to a corporation, either of lands or of chattels, without naming their successors, vests an absolute property in them so lond as the corporation subsists. --Blackstone. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'successor'

From: Moby Thesaurus