"heir apparent" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: en-au-heir apparent.ogg Forms: heirs apparent [plural], heir apparents [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English heier apparaunt, a calque translation of Middle French héritier apparent, hence the unusual order of adjective following noun. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|heier apparaunt}} Middle English heier apparaunt, {{der|en|frm|héritier apparent}} Middle French héritier apparent Head templates: {{en-noun|heirs apparent|+}} heir apparent (plural heirs apparent or heir apparents)
  1. (usually monarchy) Someone who will definitely inherit if surviving the one whose property is to be inherited. Wikipedia link: heir apparent Tags: usually Categories (topical): Constitutional law, Monarchy, People Translations (someone who will definitely inherit): následník trůnu [masculine] (Czech), troonopvolger [masculine] (Dutch), kroonprins [masculine] (Dutch), kroonprinses [feminine] (Dutch), kruununperijä (Finnish), kruununperillinen (Finnish), héritier apparent [masculine] (French), héritière apparente [feminine] (French), Thronanwärter [masculine] (German), φυσικός κληρονόμος (fysikós klironómos) [feminine, masculine] (Greek), ríkiserfingi [masculine] (Icelandic), óumdeildur arftaki (Icelandic), pewaris takhta (Indonesian), léiroidhre [masculine] (Irish), erede apparente [feminine, masculine] (Italian), тақ мұрагері (taq mūragerı) (Kazakh), 법정추정상속인 (beopjeongchujeongsangsogin) (Korean), престолонаследник (prestolonaslednik) [masculine] (Macedonian), pewaris takhta (Malay), waris ganti (Malay), piki tūranga (Maori), następca tronu [masculine] (Polish), następczyni tronu [feminine] (Polish), herdeiro aparente [masculine] (Portuguese), кронпринц (kronprinc) [masculine] (Russian), престолонасле́дник (prestolonaslédnik) [masculine] (Russian), пријестолона́сљеднӣк [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), престолона́сљеднӣк [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), престолона́следнӣк [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), prijestolonásljednīk [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), prestolonásljednīk [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), prestolonáslednīk [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), prestolonaslednik [masculine] (Slovene), heredero forzoso [masculine] (Spanish), heredera forzosa [feminine] (Spanish), heredero natural [masculine] (Spanish), heredero aparente [masculine] (Spanish), tronarvinge [common-gender] (Swedish), కుమారస్వామి (kumārasvāmi) (Telugu), ทายาทผู้มีสิทธิโดยตรง (taa-yâat pôo mee sìt-tí doi dtrong) (Thai), etifedd eglur [masculine] (Welsh)

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "2021 July 14, A. A. Dowd, “Space Jam: A New Legacy is one big, witless commercial for Warner Bros. properties”, in The A.V. Club:",
          "text": "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.",
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        }
      ],
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        "Someone who will definitely inherit if surviving the one whose property is to be inherited."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "monarchy",
          "monarchy"
        ],
        [
          "inherit",
          "inherit"
        ],
        [
          "surviving",
          "surviving"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(usually monarchy) Someone who will definitely inherit if surviving the one whose property is to be inherited."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "usually"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "government",
        "monarchy",
        "politics"
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "heir apparent"
      ]
    }
  ],
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  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "someone who will definitely inherit",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "následník trůnu"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "someone who will definitely inherit",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "troonopvolger"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "someone who will definitely inherit",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kroonprins"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "someone who will definitely inherit",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "kroonprinses"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "someone who will definitely inherit",
      "word": "kruununperijä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "someone who will definitely inherit",
      "word": "kruununperillinen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "someone who will definitely inherit",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "héritier apparent"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "someone who will definitely inherit",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "héritière apparente"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "someone who will definitely inherit",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Thronanwärter"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "fysikós klironómos",
      "sense": "someone who will definitely inherit",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "φυσικός κληρονόμος"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "someone who will definitely inherit",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ríkiserfingi"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "someone who will definitely inherit",
      "word": "óumdeildur arftaki"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "someone who will definitely inherit",
      "word": "pewaris takhta"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "someone who will definitely inherit",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "léiroidhre"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "someone who will definitely inherit",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "erede apparente"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "taq mūragerı",
      "sense": "someone who will definitely inherit",
      "word": "тақ мұрагері"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "beopjeongchujeongsangsogin",
      "sense": "someone who will definitely inherit",
      "word": "법정추정상속인"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "prestolonaslednik",
      "sense": "someone who will definitely inherit",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "престолонаследник"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "someone who will definitely inherit",
      "word": "pewaris takhta"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "someone who will definitely inherit",
      "word": "waris ganti"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "someone who will definitely inherit",
      "word": "piki tūranga"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "someone who will definitely inherit",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "następca tronu"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "someone who will definitely inherit",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "następczyni tronu"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "someone who will definitely inherit",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "herdeiro aparente"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "kronprinc",
      "sense": "someone who will definitely inherit",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "кронпринц"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "prestolonaslédnik",
      "sense": "someone who will definitely inherit",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "престолонасле́дник"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "someone who will definitely inherit",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "пријестолона́сљеднӣк"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "someone who will definitely inherit",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "престолона́сљеднӣк"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "someone who will definitely inherit",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "престолона́следнӣк"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "someone who will definitely inherit",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "prijestolonásljednīk"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "someone who will definitely inherit",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "prestolonásljednīk"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "someone who will definitely inherit",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "prestolonáslednīk"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "someone who will definitely inherit",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "prestolonaslednik"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "someone who will definitely inherit",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "heredero forzoso"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "someone who will definitely inherit",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "heredera forzosa"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "someone who will definitely inherit",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "heredero natural"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "someone who will definitely inherit",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "heredero aparente"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "someone who will definitely inherit",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "tronarvinge"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "kumārasvāmi",
      "sense": "someone who will definitely inherit",
      "word": "కుమారస్వామి"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "taa-yâat pôo mee sìt-tí doi dtrong",
      "sense": "someone who will definitely inherit",
      "word": "ทายาทผู้มีสิทธิโดยตรง"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "someone who will definitely inherit",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "etifedd eglur"
    }
  ],
  "word": "heir apparent"
}

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