real heir

Frequency: 6.06.5 per million words

the genuine successor, as opposed to a pretender

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Examples (10)

  • After the impostor was exposed, the kingdom finally welcomed its real heir.
  • The DNA test proved that she was the real heir to the family fortune.
  • Many consider her the real heir to the revolutionary artistic style of her mentor.
  • After years of conflicting claims, the question remains: who is the real heir?
  • The old documents revealed that the stable boy was, in fact, the real heir to the estate.
  • Although another claimed the title, historical evidence suggests he was the real heir.
  • The court had to distinguish the pretender from the real heir.
  • They believed they were the real heirs to their grandfather's intellectual legacy.
  • It might take decades to determine who the real heir of the vast corporation is.
  • His actions and principles, not his bloodline, marked him as the real heir to the company's founding vision.