presumptive heir

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King Viserys Targaryen’s younger brother and presumptive heir — or so he believes.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 21, 2022

Historians determined that the shield once belonged to Archduke Franz Ferdinand, the presumptive heir to the Austro-Hungarian empire, whose assassination by a Serbian nationalist in 1914 set off World War I.

From New York Times • Sep. 13, 2021

Reagan was the presumptive heir to Goldwater’s legacy, according to historians.

From Fox News • Aug. 20, 2020

For years, she was viewed within the party as a presumptive heir to the multiracial coalition that twice lifted the first black president to the White House.

From The Guardian • Nov. 1, 2019

As her favorite nephew, Bertie was Aunt Agatha's presumptive heir.

From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner