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

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

From Fox News • Aug. 20, 2020

Mahathir Mohamad, the 94-year-old prime minister of Malaysia, and his perennial presumptive heir, Anwar Ibrahim, joined forces in 2018 to oust a governing party to which both had once belonged.

From New York Times • Feb. 24, 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