Meaning

Alternative form of heiress presumptive..

Example Sentences

The terms of the Princess Elizabeth and Duke of Edinburgh’s Annuities Act (11th February, 1948) call for no special comment. The Act is of constitutional interest mainly because there was no recent precedent for such provision having to be made for an heiress-presumptive, and for her husband, upon their marriage.

The prospect of a Catholic heir was repugnant to the heiresses-presumptive, as well as to the populace, for religious reasons; for Mary and Anne were as devout in their religious views as James was in his.

How long the King would linger, even the duke could not guess, but in view of the altered succession, physical possession of the two heiresses-presumptive was vital.

Speakers of the House of Commons ranked only slightly below heiresses-presumptive in Toland’s list of proper recipients of flattery.

Word Forms

• heiresses-presumptive

When Should You Use Heiress-presumptive?

Use heiress-presumptive when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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