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suc·ces·sor    Audio Help   [suhk-ses-er] Pronunciation Key
–noun
1.a person or thing that succeeds or follows.
2.a person who succeeds another in an office, position, or the like.

[Origin: 1250–1300; < L, equiv. to succed-, var. s. of succédere to succeed + -tor -tor, with dt > ss; r. ME successour < AF < L, as above]

suc·ces·sor·al, adjective
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