"heir presumptive" meaning in English

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          "text": "Coordinate term: heiress presumptive"
        }
      ],
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        "Someone who will become an heir (usually to a monarchy) only if no-one with a higher-ranking claim is born."
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      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "one who inherits if no one with a higher-ranking claim is born",
          "word": "假定繼承人"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "jiǎdìng jìchéngrén",
          "sense": "one who inherits if no one with a higher-ranking claim is born",
          "word": "假定继承人"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "one who inherits if no one with a higher-ranking claim is born",
          "word": "kruununperijä"
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          "sense": "one who inherits if no one with a higher-ranking claim is born",
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            "masculine"
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          "word": "héritier présomptif"
        },
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          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "epídoxos klironómos",
          "sense": "one who inherits if no one with a higher-ranking claim is born",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "επίδοξος κληρονόμος"
        },
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          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "pithanós klironómos",
          "sense": "one who inherits if no one with a higher-ranking claim is born",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "πιθανός κληρονόμος"
        },
        {
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "one who inherits if no one with a higher-ranking claim is born",
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            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "tánaiste"
        },
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          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "one who inherits if no one with a higher-ranking claim is born",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "erede presuntivo"
        },
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          "code": "it",
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          "sense": "one who inherits if no one with a higher-ranking claim is born",
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            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "erede presuntiva"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "one who inherits if no one with a higher-ranking claim is born",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "heredero presunto"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
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          "sense": "one who inherits if no one with a higher-ranking claim is born",
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          "word": "heredera presunta"
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          "sense": "one who inherits if no one with a higher-ranking claim is born",
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          "word": "etifedd tebygol"
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      ],
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        ],
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  "translations": [
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "one who inherits if no one with a higher-ranking claim is born",
      "word": "假定繼承人"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "jiǎdìng jìchéngrén",
      "sense": "one who inherits if no one with a higher-ranking claim is born",
      "word": "假定继承人"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "one who inherits if no one with a higher-ranking claim is born",
      "word": "kruununperijä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "one who inherits if no one with a higher-ranking claim is born",
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      "word": "héritier présomptif"
    },
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      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "epídoxos klironómos",
      "sense": "one who inherits if no one with a higher-ranking claim is born",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "επίδοξος κληρονόμος"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "pithanós klironómos",
      "sense": "one who inherits if no one with a higher-ranking claim is born",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "πιθανός κληρονόμος"
    },
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      "code": "ga",
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      "sense": "one who inherits if no one with a higher-ranking claim is born",
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        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "tánaiste"
    },
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      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "one who inherits if no one with a higher-ranking claim is born",
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      ],
      "word": "erede presuntivo"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "one who inherits if no one with a higher-ranking claim is born",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "erede presuntiva"
    },
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "one who inherits if no one with a higher-ranking claim is born",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "heredero presunto"
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      "sense": "one who inherits if no one with a higher-ranking claim is born",
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      "word": "heredera presunta"
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      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "one who inherits if no one with a higher-ranking claim is born",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "etifedd tebygol"
    }
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