Boy and Heir

Boy

Boy noun - A male person who has not yet reached adulthood.

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Heir and boy are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Heir" instead a noun "Boy".

Nearby Words: boyish, boyhood, boyishness

Heir noun - A person who has the right to inherit property.

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Boy and heir are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Boy" instead a noun "Heir".

Nearby Words: heiress, heirdom

old	old boy	old heir
rich	rich boy	rich heir
original	original boy	original heir
handsome	handsome boy	handsome heir
Other adjectives: dead, single, healthy, black, young, new, former, older, teenage, younger, five-year-old.

Her father King Gustavus Adolphus, lacking a male heir, essentially raised her as a boy, so she acts like a boy and dresses in men's clothes.

Source: Bifauxnen
Raised as the Opposite Gender: King Gustavus Adolphus, lacking a male heir, raises Christina to act like a boy.

Source: Film / Queen Christina
Both Kelson and the boy's uncles are rumoured to have engineered it to put another child heir on the Torenthi throne.

Source: Literature / Deryni

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