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Noun: heir apparent (heirs apparent)  ehr u'per-unt [N. Amer], ehr u'pa-runt [Brit]
  1. An heir whose right to an inheritance cannot be defeated if that person outlives the ancestor

Derived forms: heirs apparent

Type of: distributee [US], heir, heritor, inheritor

Antonym: heir presumptive

Encyclopedia: Heir apparent

Nearest

Heinrich Boell
Heinrich Engelhard Steinway
Heinrich Hertz
Heinrich Himmler
Heinrich Rudolph Hertz
Heinrich Schliemann
Heinrich Theodor Boell
Heinrich von Kleist
Heinz
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heir presumptive
heir-at-law
heiress
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heirloom
heirship
Heisenberg
Heisenbug
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Heitor Villa-Lobos