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Heiress definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

HEIRESS, n. aress. A female heir; a female that inherits, or is entitled to inherit an estate; an inheritrix.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a female heir [syn: heiress, inheritress, inheritrix]

Merriam Webster's

noun Date: 1607 a woman who is an heir especially to great wealth

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. a female heir, esp. to wealth or high title.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Heiress Heir"ess, n. A female heir.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(heiresses) An heiress is a woman or girl who has the right to inherit property or a title, or who has inherited it, especially when this involves great wealth. ...the heiress to a jewellery empire. N-COUNT: oft N to n

Moby Thesaurus

apparent heir, beneficiary heir, child, coparcener, daughter, descendant, fideicommissary heir, fiduciary heir, foster child, grandchild, granddaughter, grandson, heir, heir apparent, heir expectant, heir general, heir in tail, heir of entail, heir of inventory, heir of line, heir portioner, heir presumptive, heir whatsoever, heritor, inheritor, inheritress, inheritrix, joint heir, next in line, offspring, presumptive heir, remainderman, reversioner, scion, son, son and heir, sonny, stepchild, stepdaughter, stepson, successor