Noun

(en noun)

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.

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The next heir in order or succession.

A person who inherits a title or office.

(arithmetic, set theory) The integer, ordinal number or cardinal number immediately following another.

Noun

(en noun)

A person who or thing that receives or is intended to receive something.

# A trustee appointed to hold and administer property involved in litigation.

# A person appointed to settle the affairs of an insolvent entity.

# A person who accepts stolen goods.

# Any of several electronic devices that receive signals and convert them into sound or vision.

## A telephone handset.

# (label) An offensive player who catches the ball after it has been passed.

# (label) A person who attempts to return the ball after it has been served.

# An element of a mechanical or other system or device designed to accept another element.

## (firearms) The part of a firearm containing the action.

## A vessel for receiving the exhaust steam from the high-pressure cylinder before it enters the low-pressure cylinder, in a compound steam engine.

## A capacious vessel for receiving steam from a distant boiler, and supplying it dry to an engine.