male heir
Son who inherits
A male heir is someone who stands to inherit property, title, or position by virtue of being male.
Historically, inheritance laws in many cultures favored or required male heirs, passing estates and titles through the male line: The king desperately wanted a male heir to continue the dynasty.
The term now often appears in discussions of primogeniture and succession rules that excluded women.
- sonMale child relation
- only sonSingle male offspring
- eldest sonOldest male offspring
- firstbornFirst child born
- princeRoyal family male
crown prince · throne · line of succession · successor · primogeniture · dynasty · royal bloodline · crown · bloodline · lineage · noble birth · scion · birthright · estate · legacy · kingdom · title · lordship
- inheritanceinheritances, bequest, bequests, beneficiary, beneficiaries
- paternal lineagepaternal line, patrilineage, patriarch, paterfamilias, forefather
- royal successionthrone, succession, line of succession, order of succession, succession line
- successionline of succession, primogeniture, successor, predecessor, next in line
- Islamic Inheritanceestate division, half brother, paternal uncle, agnatic succession, shares
- patriarchypater familias, patria potestas, patriarchate, headship, agnatic succession