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: heir, heritor, inheritor

Antonym: heir apparent

Encyclopedia: Heir presumptive

• industrial union
• industrial watercourse
• Industrial Workers of the World
• industrial-strength
• industrialisation
• industrialise
• industrialised
• industrialism
• industrialist
• industrialization
• industrialize
• industrialized
• industrially
• industrious
• industriously
• industriousness
• industry
• industry analyst
• indwell
• indweller
• indwelling
• inebriant
• inebriate
• inebriated
• inebriation