Definition of Successor

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Definition of Successor
	Successor One who succeeds or follows; one who takes the place which another has left, and sustains the like part or character; -- correlative to predecessor; as, the successor of a deceased king. Related Definitions: And, Another, As, Character, Correlative, Deceased, Has, King, Left, Like, Of, One, Or, Part, Place, Predecessor, Successor, The, To, Which, Who

Successor Quotations

I am the successor, not of Louis XVI, but of Charlemagne.
Napoleon Bonaparte

The unworthy successor of Peter who desires to benefit from the immeasurable wealth of Christ feels the great need of your assistance, your prayers, your sacrifice, and he most humbly asks this of you.
Pope John Paul II

I told you I'm not going to criticize my successor. I'll just tell you that there are people at Gitmo that will kill American people at a drop of a hat and I don't believe that persuasion isn't going to work. Therapy isn't going to cause terrorists to change their mind.
George W. Bush

The idol of today pushes the hero of yesterday out of our recollection; and will, in turn, be supplanted by his successor of tomorrow.
Washington Irving

I sow; my successor reaps. This is the majesty of democracy.
Gloria Macapagal Arroyo

The only successor to President Putin is President Putin himself and we could of course dream about President Putin stepping down voluntarily and picking out successor which would be probably as bad as him.
Garry Kasparov

Romanists tell us that the Pope is the vicar of Christ; that he is his successor as the universal head and ruler of the Church on earth. If this is so, he must be a Christ.
Charles Hodge

I used to say I never talk about my successor, neither about my predecessor.
Boutros Boutros-Ghali

After guest appearances, I got the offer to do the show as the successor of Arthur Schwartz. It's so much fun.
Rocco DiSpirito

Hey, nothing grows to the sky. There will be a successor movement. Right now it's nascent.
Peter Brimelow

Successor Translations

successor in Dutch is nazaat, afstammeling, nakomeling
successor in French is successeur, dauphin
successor in German is Nachfolger
successor in Italian is seguace
successor in Portuguese is sucessor
successor in Spanish is sucesor

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