Heir Presumptive

Definition: Heir Presumptive

Heir Presumptive

Noun

1. A person who expects to inherit but whose right can be defeated by the birth of a nearer relative.

Specialty Definition: Heir Presumptive

The Heir Presumptive is the first-in-line to a throne, where that prospective heir is not the male descendant of the existing monarch. The Heir Presumptive's position is based on the absence of such a descendant, who would take precedence as the Heir Apparent. If at any stage an heir apparent is born, he becomes first-in-line to the throne, with all of his descendants taking priority over the Heir Presumptive in the Line of Succession. In the event of there being an heir apparent, the title Heir Presumptive lapses and is not used to describe the most senior person in the Line of Succession who is not a direct male descendant of the monarch. A woman who in the same position the Heiress Presumptive

Examples of Heirs Presumptive who inherited thrones

Queen Mary I of England who succeeded her half-brother King Edward VI of England
Queen Elizabeth I of England who succeeded her half-sister Queen Mary I of England
King James I of England (who was James VI of Scotland) who succeeded his distant cousin Queen Elizabeth I of England
Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom who succeeded her uncle King William IV of the United Kingdom
King George VI of the United Kingdom who succeeded his brother King Edward VIII of the United Kingdom
Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom who succeeded her father King George VI of the United Kingdom
King Albert II of the Belgians who succeeded his brother King Baudouin of the Belgians
King Paul of Greece who succeeded his brother King George II of Greece
King Oscar II of Sweden who succeeded his brother King Charles XV of Sweden
Queen Ulrike Eleonora of Sweden who succeeded her brother King Charles XII of Sweden
King Charles X of Sweden who succeeded his cousin Queen Christina of Sweden
King John III of Sweden who succeeded his brother King Eric XIV of Sweden

Crosswords: Heir Presumptive

English words defined with "heir presumptive": presumptive, Presumptive heir. (references)

Specialty definitions using "heir presumptive": Kingly Titles. (references)

Etymologies containing "heir presumptive": Tanist. (references)

Commercial Usage: Heir Presumptive

Domain	Title
Books	Heir Presumptive (reference) Heir Presumptive [LARGE PRINT] (reference) (more book examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Modern Translations: Heir Presumptive

Language		Translations for "heir presumptive"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
French		héritier présomptif. (various references)

Greek		πιθανός κληρονόμος. (various references)

Hungarian		feltételezett trónörökös, feltételezett örökös. (various references)

Pig Latin		eirhay esumptivepray

Russian		предполагаемый наследник. (various references)

Thai		ผู้เป็นทายาทโ�"ยสันนิษฐาน. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Anagrams: Heir Presumptive

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "e-e-e-h-i-i-m-p-p-r-r-s-t-u-v"
	-4 letters: peripheries, premiership, presumptive.
	-5 letters: euhemerist, hermitries, perimeters, peripeties, preemptive, suppertime, thieveries, timeserver, trumperies.
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Alternative Orthography: Heir Presumptive

Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

48 65 69 72 50 72 65 73 75 6D 70 74 69 76 65

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01001000 01100101 01101001 01110010 00100000 01010000 01110010 01100101 01110011 01110101 01101101 01110000 01110100 01101001 01110110 01100101

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#72 &#101 &#105 &#114 &#32 &#80 &#114 &#101 &#115 &#117 &#109 &#112 &#116 &#105 &#118 &#101

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0048 0065 0069 0072 0050 0072 0065 0073 0075 006D 0070 0074 0069 0076 0065

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Possessor	Heir presumptive, heir apparent; heiress; inheritor, inheritress, inheritrix; reversioner, remainderman.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Heir Presumptive

Definition: Heir Presumptive