heir apparent
nounEtymology
From Middle English heier apparaunt, a calque translation of Middle French héritier apparent, hence the unusual order of adjective following noun.
- derived from héritier apparent
- inherited from heier apparaunt
Definitions
Someone who will definitely inherit if surviving the one whose property is to be…
Someone who will definitely inherit if surviving the one whose property is to be inherited.
- LeBron James, heir apparent to MJ’s throne, seems on paper like a dream trade—he stole plenty of laughs in Trainwreck a few summers ago.
The neighborhood
- antonymheir presumptive
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for heir apparent. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA