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# heir

«heir» in Mova's school dictionary: **A person who will receive someone's money, house or other…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (an heir, heirs)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A person who will receive someone's money, house or other property when that person dies, as in «She is heir to the farm». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/heir/#m1)

2) The person who will become king, queen or ruler next, as in «the heir to the throne». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/heir/#m2)

3) Someone who carries on another person's work or ideas. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/heir/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In history lessons, kings and queens worried about having an heir; Henry VIII's search for a son is a famous example. In the news, the heir to the British throne is the next in line. In law and family life, an heir inherits property. In stories, a lost heir often finds out who they are.

### examples

- Prince William is the heir to the throne. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/heir/#x1)
- Henry VIII wanted a son as his heir. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/heir/#x2)
- She was the only heir to her uncle's fortune. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/heir/#x3)
- In the story, the orphan turned out to be the lost heir of the kingdom. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/heir/#x4)
- The farm passed to the oldest heir. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/heir/#x5)
- He saw himself as the heir to his grandad's woodworking skills. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/heir/#x6)
- Take my daughter; be my heir; rule my kingdom. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/heir/#x7)

### note

The h is silent: say «air», so it takes «an»: «an heir». Homophones: «air» and «ere». An «heirloom» is a treasure passed down a family. «Heiress» is an old word for a woman heir.

### In the corpora

- [Hath he no heir?](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.1288/)
- [For an odious woman when she is married; and a handmaid that is heir to her mistress.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PRO.887/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «heir» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/heir/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.