To inherit.
A successor in a role, representing continuity with the predecessor.
Someone who inherits, or is designated to inherit, the property of another.
One who inherits, or has been designated to inherit, a hereditary title or office.
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 Usually used to describe an earlier, outdated model.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