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Meaning of heir presumptive | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

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

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Examples

“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.””

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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