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heirs apparent

heirs apparent is the plural of heir apparent.

Meaning of heir apparent

Noun

heir apparent (plural heirs apparent or heir apparents)

  1. (usually) Someone who will definitely inherit if surviving the one whose property is to be inherited.
    • […] for Mary, though perfectly resolved against ever attaching herself to a younger brother again, was long in finding among the dashing representatives, or idle heir apparents, who were at the command of her beauty, and her 20,000l. any one who could satisfy the better taste she had acquired at...1814 May 9, [Jane Austen], chapter XVII, in Mansfield Park: […], volume III, London: […] [George Sidney] for T[homas] Egerton, […], →OCLC, page 345

Questions about heirs apparent

What is heirs apparent the plural of?
Heirs apparent is the plural of heir apparent.

Words near heirs apparent in the dictionary

  1. heiroglyphs
  2. heirophant
  3. heirophants
  4. heirs
  5. heirs and successors
  6. heirs apparent
  7. heirs at law
  8. heirs by custom
  9. heirs general
  10. heirs presumptive
  11. heirs-at-law

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