successor: Meaning and Definition of

suc•ces•sor

Pronunciation: (suk-ses'ur), [key]
— n.
  1. a person or thing that succeeds or follows.
  2. a person who succeeds another in an office, position, or the like.
Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
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