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Heir presumptive   /ɛr prizˈəmptɪv/   Listen
Heir presumptive

noun
1.
A person who expects to inherit but whose right can be defeated by the birth of a nearer relative.





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"Heir presumptive" Quotes from Famous Books



... of human life, and God knows they are manifold enough, there are few more utterly heart-sickening and overwhelming than those endured by the unlucky Heir Presumptive; when, after having submitted to the whims and caprices of some rich relation, and endured a state of worse than Egyptian bondage, for a long series of years, he finds himself cut off with a shilling, or a mourning ring; and the El Dorado of his tedious term of probation and expectancy ...
— The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction, Vol. 10, Issue 262, July 7, 1827 • Various


Words linked to "Heir presumptive" :   inheritor, heir apparent, heritor, heir


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