presumptive

• For but one example: When its presumptive leader de facto calls the presumptive leader of my party a traitor, what am I to think he thinks of me since I agree with Senator Obama's position on Iraq? —  The Ostroy Report
• For nearly two weeks, Democrats have repeatedly hit Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., for saying he is unaware of how many houses he owns, calling the presumptive Republican presidential nominee out of touch with everyday Americans. —  The Moderate Voice
• 348 Heir-presumptive, iv. —  A History of the Four Georges and of William IV, Volume IV (of 4)
• His nephew and heir presumptive, John Feversham, [fictitious person] was coming with him. —  Clare Avery A Story of the Spanish Armada
• If you're gettin' on, I'm gettin' off Hon. John Fellowes Wallop, of Barton House, Morchard Bishop brother and heir-presumptive of the Earl of Portsmouth, entered his 57th pear on Monday Western Times. —  Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 150, January 12, 1916

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