heir presumptive

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. 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.”

词形变化

heirs presumptive plural

词汇关系

反义词
heir apparent

词源

A calque of French héritier présomptif, hence the unusual order of adjective following noun.
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