heir presumptive
a person who is expected to be the heir but whose expectations may be canceled by the birth of a nearer heir.
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How to use heir presumptive in a sentence
And that warrants you in sending me to tilt against this foolish heir-presumptive windmill.
The Colonel of the Red Huzzars | John Reed ScottEmanuel Geibel presented himself as heir presumptive to the mantle of Heine.
A History of the Nineteenth Century, Year by Year | Edwin EmersonMadame de la Baudraye gave birth to a boy that might have filled a queen with envy who hoped for an heir-presumptive.
Parisians in the Country | Honore de BalzacAmong them was the heir presumptive of the house, a youth of the age of Ferdinand, and of a prepossessing appearance.
Henrietta Temple | Benjamin DisraeliYou are the Prince of Lochdougal, heir presumptive to the estates and titles of the Stuarts.
Eugene Field, A Study In Heredity And Contradictions | Slason Thompson
British Dictionary definitions for heir presumptive
property law a person who expects to succeed to an estate but whose right may be defeated by the birth of one nearer in blood to the ancestor: Compare heir apparent
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