Usually means: Next in line, not guaranteed.
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We found 21 dictionaries that define the word heir presumptive:

General (16 matching dictionaries)
  1. heir presumptive: Merriam-Webster
  2. heir presumptive: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. heir presumptive: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. heir presumptive: Collins English Dictionary
  5. heir presumptive: Vocabulary.com
  6. heir-presumptive, heir presumptive: Wordnik
  7. heir presumptive: Wiktionary
  8. heir presumptive: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  9. heir presumptive: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. heir presumptive: Dictionary.com
  11. Heir Presumptive, Heir-presumptive, Heir presumptive: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. heir presumptive: Rhymezone
  13. Heir-presumptive: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  14. heir presumptive: FreeDictionary.org
  15. heir presumptive: Mnemonic Dictionary
  16. heir presumptive: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. heir presumptive: Merriam-Webster Legal Dictionary
  2. Glossary of Legal Terms (No longer online)
  3. Bouvier's Law Dictionary 1856 Edition (No longer online)
  4. Heir-presumptive, Heir presumptive: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Heir-presumptive, heir presumptive: Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (heir presumptive)

▸ noun:  Someone who will become an heir (usually to a monarchy) only if no-one with a higher-ranking claim is born.

Similar:
heir apparent, heir, heirs and successors, heiress apparent, heiress-apparent, successor, heire, heritor, inheritress, heyre, more...

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heir apparent, heir, heirs and successors, heiress apparent, heiress-apparent, successor, heire, heritor, inheritress, heyre, more...



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