heirs presumptive
- plural of heir presumptive.
Example Sentences
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But ere she sunk into the grave, at a ripe old age, she saw her descendants heirs-presumptive of the British Crown.
From Fifty-Two Stories For Girls by Miles, Alfred H. (Alfred Henry)
"And that heirs-presumptive often get nothing but their heads in their hands."
From The Tenants of Malory Volume 2 of 3 by Le Fanu, Joseph Sheridan
This is scarcely to be wondered at, when beneath one roof were assembled the heirs-presumptive to three dukedoms, two suicidal marquises, an odd archbishop or so, and the flower of the baronetage and clergy.
From The Lunatic at Large by Clouston, J. Storer (Joseph Storer)
