Holding some office or valuable possession, in subordination to another; holding under a feudal or other superior; having a dependent and secondary possession.
Bestowed as a gratuity.
One who benefits or receives an advantage.
One who benefits from the distribution, especially out of a trust or estate.
One who benefits from the payout of an insurance policy.
A model or type of machinery or device which precedes the current (or later) one. Usually used to describe an earlier, outdated model.
One who precedes; one who has preceded another in any state, position, office, etc.; one whom another follows or comes after, in any office or position.
A vertex having a directed path to another vertex