Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Destitute of an heir.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Destitute of an heir.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Without an
heir .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Europe, Israel has increasingly laid claim to be the heir of various kinds of so-called heirless communal and private property, using the precedent of the
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Europe, Israel has increasingly laid claim to be the heir of various kinds of so-called heirless communal and private property, using the precedent of the
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I'm really hoping this is a first page because if it's anything else, I'm going to be on fire and "heirless".
Archive 2006-12-24 Miss Snark 2006
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I'm really hoping this is a first page because if it's anything else, I'm going to be on fire and "heirless".
HH Com 578 Miss Snark 2006
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I'm really hoping this is a first page because if it's anything else, I'm going to be on fire and "heirless".
12/24/2006 - 12/31/2006 Miss Snark 2006
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You don't even propose an alternative way of dealing with so called "heirless" artifacts.
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You don't even propose an alternative way of dealing with so called "heirless" artifacts.
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There were calls for "heirless" property in Central Europe to be used to fund services for survivors.
JTA - Recent News Esther Toporek Finder 2009
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It turned out that the house belonged to a very old gentleman, apparently heirless, and now very ill.
An Atlas of Impossible Longing Anuradha Roy 2008
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It turned out that the house belonged to a very old gentleman, apparently heirless, and now very ill.
An Atlas of Impossible Longing Anuradha Roy 2008
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