Definition of heir | Bee Dictionary of English

n a person who is entitled by law or by the terms of a will to inherit the estate of another
n a person who inherits some title or office

After a conservative phase, the wife of the heir to the throne has come into her own in the global fashion scene.
With Hafez Assad's death, the spotlight turns to his son Bashar, 34, a mild-mannered ophthalmologist and perhaps the most unlikely political heir among the new generation of Arab .
Queen Juliana of The Netherlands and her husband Prince Bernhard last week broke their long silence on the palace influence of Faith Healer Greet Hofmans (PTI, June 25).

Prince Charles' Annual Report: Queen's Diamond Jubilee, 'Skyfall' Premiere Highlighted
The heir to the throne's funding from the taxpayer falls 47 percent for the fiscal year that ended in March, from $3.2 million (£2.1 million) the previous year to $1.7 million (£1.1 million). read more
June 28, 2013 - The Hollywood Reporter
Hormel heir made history as 1st openly gay ambassador
Hormel heir made history as 1st openly gay ambassador Early on a sunny San Francisco morning, the Supreme Court announced that part of the deeply disliked Defense of Marriage Act was unconstitutional and same-sex couples can once again marry in California. In his 30s, Hormel was such a mainstream Midwesterner that there was talk of him running for Congress - as a moderate Republican. [...] the ...
June 27, 2013 - San Francisco Chronicle
Hotel family heir Stephen Marriott dies at 54
Hotel family heir Stephen Marriott dies at 54 the Washington Post Published Jun 25, 2013 12:43PM MDT Stephen Marriott began using hearing aids in ninth grade, and his father tried to reassure him that the device was no different than a set of eyeglasses. His vision slowly worsened, too. By his early 20s, after completing a Mormon mission in British Columbia and entering graduate business school ...
June 25, 2013 - The Salt Lake Tribune

Barack Obama in Christian Science Monitor
In his 16 minute message at the end of the two hour Catholic service, President Obama called Kennedy "the heir to a weighty legacy; a champion for those who had none; the soul of the Democratic Party; and the lion of the US Senate."
Martin Luther King in Washington Post
When the architects of our republic wrote the magnificent words of the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence,King said, "they were signing a promissory note to which every American was to fall heir. . . . Instead of honoring...
Jeremy Paxman in guardian.co.uk
While the BBC does report royal matters pretty straightforwardly, as it should, there is still a fawning taste, a fawning sense to the tone of voice it adopts when dealing with the heir to throne and his family,Paxman said. "They do not...