Usually means: Successors designated by legal right.
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We found 10 dictionaries that define the word heirs apparent:

General (7 matching dictionaries)
  1. heirs apparent: Merriam-Webster
  2. heirs apparent: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. heirs apparent: Collins English Dictionary
  4. heirs apparent: Vocabulary.com
  5. heirs apparent: Wiktionary
  6. heirs apparent: Dictionary.com
  7. heirs apparent: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. heirs apparent: Merriam-Webster Legal Dictionary
  2. heirs apparent: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. heirs apparent: Encyclopedia

(Note: See heir_apparent as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (heir apparent)

noun:  (usually monarchy) Someone who will definitely inherit if surviving the one whose property is to be inherited.
▸ Also see heir_apparent


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