heir presumptive en · NOUN
Etymology
A calque of French héritier présomptif, hence the unusual order of adjective following noun.
Meanings
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Someone who will become an heir (usually to a monarchy) only if no-one with a higher-ranking claim is born.
I am quite aware that your premature decease would leave me heir-presumptive to the title- ”Heir-presumptive? . . . Oh, I see. My mother might peg out and my father marry again. Calculating brute.”
1935, Dorothy L. Sayers, Gaudy Night:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| heirs presumptive | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
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Translations (13)
it erede presuntiva (one who inherits if no one with a higher-ranking claim is born) · fr héritier présomptif (one who inherits if no one with a higher-ranking claim is born) · el πιθανός κληρονόμος (one who inherits if no one with a higher-ranking claim is born) · el επίδοξος κληρονόμος (one who inherits if no one with a higher-ranking claim is born) · ga tánaiste (one who inherits if no one with a higher-ranking claim is born) · cmn 假定繼承人 /假定继承人 (one who inherits if no one with a higher-ranking claim is born) · cy etifedd tebygol (one who inherits if no one with a higher-ranking claim is born) · pl domniemany następca (one who inherits if no one with a higher-ranking claim is born) · id ahli waris sementara (one who inherits if no one with a higher-ranking claim is born) · fi kruununperijä (one who inherits if no one with a higher-ranking claim is born) · es heredero presunto (one who inherits if no one with a higher-ranking claim is born) · es heredera presunta (one who inherits if no one with a higher-ranking claim is born) · it erede presuntivo (one who inherits if no one with a higher-ranking claim is born)