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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The roughly 19,000-square-foot house, designed for an oil-and-banking heiress and her husband, is the most expensive for sale in Fort Worth.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 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
It was eventually sold for $85 million in 2011 to Formula 1 heiress Petra Ecclestone.
From MarketWatch • Feb. 20, 2026
The heiress previously acknowledged criticism she got online for her privileged position.
From BBC • Jan. 20, 2026
The judge had hoped to take the "heiress" by surprise, but Grace gained time by coughing.
From "The Westing Game" by Ellen Raskin
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