heiress

Examples

• All

• The sole heiress of the Waters fortune, estimated in the hundreds of millions of dollars, she mysteriously disappeared 17 years ago this month.

  Columbus Circle (2012)

• She's an heiress now, and has no need of your help in that direction.

  Fiction book (1991)

• Sir Henry was the man who had married an heiress from the city.

  Fiction book (1998)

• And if you are an heiress to a great legacy, you need to be ready.

  North of the 10 (2022)

• What's an heiress supposed to look like?

  Grace of My Heart (1996)

• To be the heiress, and at thirteen the lady of the castle.

  Fiction book (1999)

• There is an American heiress in town from Paris, where she divides her time.

  Fiction book (1997)

• Today, our cameras are placed in the home of Miss Lois Clark, heiress to one of America's greatest fortunes.

  An Affair to Remember (1957)

• My lady Yolane of Dunlath, Lord Belden's wife and heiress of Dunlath.

  Fiction book (1994)

• The heiress to a large estate decided to donate a portion of her inheritance to charity.

Synonyms

H

heir

vsheiress

179 4.6

A person who gets money, property, or a title when someone dies

is limited to women rather than any gender

I

inheritor

vsheiress

7 4.6

A person who is allowed by law or a will to receive someone's property after they die

is defined by being a woman rather than by legal entitlement or wills

I

inheritrix

vsheiress

• Archaic

9.9

A woman who receives property or a title from a family member who died

is identical in meaning but is an alternative form

I

inheritress

vsheiress

• Archaic

9.4

A woman who gets property or a title when someone dies

is identical in meaning but uses another form

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology