heir apparentnoun [ C usually singular ]
ukusthe person with the automatic right to legally receive all or most of the money, property, titles, etc. from another person when they die:
The Prince of Wales is the heir apparent to the throne.
a person who seems certain to take the place of someone in power when that person stops working
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Inheriting & bequeathing
- advance directive
- beneficiary
- bequeath
- bequest
- codicil
- cut
- heiress
- heirloom
- inheritor
- intestate
- last will and testament
- leave
- legacy
- pass
- residue
- settle sth on sb
- settle your affairs idiom
- survivor
- testament
- transfer
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