heir presumptive

短语

假定继承人 [法] 假定继承人

词形变化

heirs presumptive 复数 heirs presumptive

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Someone who will become an heir (usually to a monarchy) only if no-one with a higher-ranking claim is born.

    假定继承人

词汇关系

名词

反义词 1

heir apparent

上位词 3

heir heritor inheritor

词源

A calque of French héritier présomptif, hence the unusual order of adjective following noun.

来源：wiktionary