heiress
Americannoun
noun
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a woman who inherits or expects to inherit great wealth
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property law a female heir
Gender
See -ess.
Etymology
Origin of heiress
Example Sentences
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After nearly a year of wooing, tech scion David Ellison and his Skydance Media sign a deal with heiress Shari Redstone to buy her struggling media company, Paramount.
From Los Angeles Times
A woman allegedly posed as an heiress and scammed nearly $30 million from banks and institutions in Los Angeles and Orange counties, according to authorities.
From Los Angeles Times
The project was commissioned as part of the La Plaza shopping complex by Julia Carnell, the heiress to a national cash register empire based in Dayton, Ohio.
From Los Angeles Times
The millennial icon, as luminous as ever, plays a filthy-rich hotel heiress named Sierra Belmont, who develops amnesia after bumping her head in a skiing accident.
From Los Angeles Times
The painting shows Lederer, an heiress and the daughter of one of Klimt's patrons, wearing a white robe and stood in front of a blue tapestry covered in Asian motifs.
From BBC
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