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Noun: heir presumptive (heirs presumptive)  ehr pri'zúmp-tiv
  1. A person who expects to inherit but whose right can be defeated by the birth of a nearer relative

Derived forms: heirs presumptive

Type of: distributee [US], heir, heritor, inheritor

Antonym: heir apparent

Encyclopedia: Heir presumptive

Nearest

Heinrich Engelhard Steinway
Heinrich Hertz
Heinrich Himmler
Heinrich Rudolph Hertz
Heinrich Schliemann
Heinrich Theodor Boell
Heinrich von Kleist
Heinz
heir
heir apparent
heir presumptive
heir-at-law
heiress
heirless
heirloom
heirship
Heisenberg
Heisenbug
heist
Heitor Villa-Lobos
Hejaz