Both Uses of
successor
in
The Scarlet Letter
- The besom of reform hath swept him out of office, and a worthier successor wears his dignity and pockets his emoluments.†
p. 12.5 *successor = replacement
- In fine, the gossips of that day believed—and Mr. Surveyor Pue, who made investigations a century later, believed—and one of his recent successors in office, moreover, faithfully believes—that Pearl was not only alive, but married, and happy, and mindful of her mother; and that she would most joyfully have entertained that sad and lonely mother at her fireside.†
p. 174.0successors = replacements
Definition:
replacement -- typically a person who takes the job of another person, but it can also be a thing that replaces something else