heiress
Americannoun
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heiresses
plural
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.
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of heiress
Example Sentences
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In 1948, they sold it to Elise Stern Haas, a Levi Strauss heiress.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 25, 2026
Hotel heiress Paris Hilton outside the US Capitol on 17 December 2024.
From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026
It has held a position in the Garnier and Maybelline owner since 1974, when it bought in at the request of L’Oréal heiress Liliane Bettencourt to help stop the French government from nationalizing the company.
From Barron's ● Jun. 10, 2026
Thomas Pynchon hasn’t lost a step with his 1930s tale about the misadventures of a Milwaukee cheese heiress and the detective that travels to proto-fascist Budapest to find her.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 9, 2026
Grace Windsor Wexler, her chin tilted in the regal pose of an heiress, gave him her full attention.
From "The Westing Game" by Ellen Raskin
A number of the Mars heiresses have held top roles at the candy and pet-food company.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 21, 2026
Who would listen to wealthy heirs and heiresses?
From Barron's ● Nov. 13, 2025
Among the blindingly White milieu of social-climbing “wives of,” acid-tongued grand dames, bored heiresses, buzzing staff and one wide-eyed country cousin is Peggy Scott, an ambitious young Black woman who shines instead of shrinks.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 25, 2022
In “Born Rich,” Ms. Trump seemed self-aware in ways that the other heirs and heiresses in the film did not.
From New York Times ● Nov. 20, 2020
I met real estate developers, agents, heiresses, fund managers, lawyers, clothing designers, professional basketball players, photographers, movie producers, and television correspondents.
From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls
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