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Pronunciation : Suc*ces"sor
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [OE. successour, OF. successur, successor, F. successeur, L. successor. See Succeed.]
Definition : Defn: 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. 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.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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