successor

🇺🇸 /səkˈsesər/ 🇬🇧 /səkˈsesə(r)/
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noun
C1

Someone or something that follows and replaces another

The company announced a new leader as the successor to the retiring CEO.

translation

n. Someone or something that follows and replaces another

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Plural successors