heir apparent en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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Etymology
From Middle English heier apparaunt, a calque translation of Middle French héritier apparent, hence the unusual order of adjective following noun.
Meanings
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(usually) Someone who will definitely inherit if surviving the one whose property is to be inherited.
[…] for Mary, though perfectly resolved against ever attaching herself to a younger brother again, was long in finding among the dashing representatives, or idle heir apparents, who were at the command of her beauty, and her 20,000l. any one who could satisfy the better taste she had acquired at Mansfield, whose character and manners could authorise a hope of the domestic happiness she had there learnt to estimate, or put Edmund Bertram sufficiently out of her head.
1814 May 9, [Jane Austen], chapter XVII, in Mansfield Park: […], volume III, London: […] [George Sidney] for T[homas] Egerton, […], →OCLC, page 345:LeBron James, heir apparent to MJ’s throne, seems on paper like a dream trade—he stole plenty of laughs in Trainwreck a few summers ago.
2021 July 14, A. A. Dowd, “Space Jam: A New Legacy is one big, witless commercial for Warner Bros. properties”, in The A.V. Club:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
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| heir apparents | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| heirs apparent | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
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Translations (52)
ja 法定推定相続人 (someone who will definitely inherit) · ar وَلِيّ عَهْد (someone who will definitely inherit) · es heredera forzosa (someone who will definitely inherit) · is ríkiserfingi (someone who will definitely inherit) · sh пријестолона́сљеднӣк (someone who will definitely inherit) · cmn 準繼承人 /准继承人 (someone who will definitely inherit) · be насле́днік трона (someone who will definitely inherit) · cmn 當然繼承人 /当然继承人 (someone who will definitely inherit) · nl kroonprins (someone who will definitely inherit) · sh prestolonáslednīk (someone who will definitely inherit) · fi kruununperijä (someone who will definitely inherit) · ga léiroidhre (someone who will definitely inherit) · es heredero aparente (someone who will definitely inherit) · de Thronanwärter (someone who will definitely inherit) · is óumdeildur arftaki (someone who will definitely inherit) · be прастоланасле́днік (someone who will definitely inherit) · nl troonopvolger (someone who will definitely inherit) · hi उत्तराधिकारी (someone who will definitely inherit) · el φυσικός κληρονόμος (someone who will definitely inherit) · sh престолона́следнӣк (someone who will definitely inherit) · ms waris ganti (someone who will definitely inherit) · mi piki tūranga (someone who will definitely inherit) · nl kroonprinses (someone who will definitely inherit) · cmn 法定繼承人 /法定继承人 (someone who will definitely inherit) · kk тақ мұрагері (someone who will definitely inherit) · cs následník trůnu (someone who will definitely inherit) · sl prestolonaslednik (someone who will definitely inherit) · ru кронпринц (someone who will definitely inherit) · sh prijestolonásljednīk (someone who will definitely inherit) · th ทายาทผู้มีสิทธิโดยตรง (someone who will definitely inherit) · ru престолонасле́дник (someone who will definitely inherit) · mk престолонаследник (someone who will definitely inherit) · sv tronarvinge (someone who will definitely inherit) · be насле́днік прастола (someone who will definitely inherit) · sh prestolonásljednīk (someone who will definitely inherit) · es heredero forzoso (someone who will definitely inherit) · ko 법정추정상속인 (someone who will definitely inherit) · pt herdeiro aparente (someone who will definitely inherit) · pl następca tronu (someone who will definitely inherit) · pl następczyni tronu (someone who will definitely inherit) · fr héritier apparent (someone who will definitely inherit) · phn 𐤑𐤌𐤇 𐤑𐤃𐤒 (someone who will definitely inherit) · it erede apparente (someone who will definitely inherit) · ms pewaris takhta (someone who will definitely inherit) · es heredero natural (someone who will definitely inherit) · fr héritière apparente (someone who will definitely inherit) · id pewaris takhta (someone who will definitely inherit) · fi kruununperillinen (someone who will definitely inherit) · cy etifedd eglur (someone who will definitely inherit) · te కుమారస్వామి (someone who will definitely inherit) · sh престолона́сљеднӣк (someone who will definitely inherit) · phn 𐤁𐤍 𐤑𐤃𐤒 (someone who will definitely inherit)