successor

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English

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Etymology

From Anglo-Norman successour, from Latin successor.

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Noun

successor (plural successors)

  1. A person or thing that immediately follows another in holding an office or title.
    George W. Bush was successor to Bill Clinton as President of the US.
    • 2003, Tu Cheng-sheng, translated by Paul Cooper, Ilha Formosa: the Emergence of Taiwan on the World Scene in the 17th Century‎, →OCLC, →OL, page 27:
      After Li Tan's death in 1625, Hsu Hsin-su (許心素), leader of the Chang-chou people dwelling in and around the city of Hsia-men (廈門, or Amoy), emerged as his successor.
    • 2012 May 5, Phil McNulty, “Chelsea 2-1 Liverpool”, in BBC Sport‎:
      As Di Matteo celebrated and captain John Terry raised the trophy for the fourth time, the Italian increased his claims to become the permanent successor to Andre Villas-Boas by landing a trophy.
  2. The next heir in order or succession.
  3. A person who inherits a title or office.
  4. (arithmetic, set theory) The integer, ordinal number or cardinal number immediately following another.
    A limit ordinal is not the successor of any ordinal.

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Other terms used in arithmetic operations:

Advanced hyperoperations: tetration, pentation, hexation

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin successōrem.

Pronunciation

Adjective

successor (feminine successora, masculine plural successors, feminine plural successores)

  1. (law) succeeding, following

Noun

successor m (plural successors, feminine successora)

  1. successor

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Latin

Etymology

From succēdō.

Pronunciation

Noun

successor m (genitive successōris, feminine succestrīx); third declension

  1. follower, successor

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative successor successōrēs
Genitive successōris successōrum
Dative successōrī successōribus
Accusative successōrem successōrēs
Ablative successōre successōribus
Vocative successor successōrēs

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References

  • “successor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “successor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • successor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Occitan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin successor.

Pronunciation

Noun

successor m (plural successors)

  1. successor

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