heiress
a woman who inherits or has a right of inheritance, especially a woman who has inherited or will inherit considerable wealth.
Origin of heiress
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How to use heiress in a sentence
British aristocrats married American heiresses in droves in the early 1900s.
The Real-Life ‘Downton’ Millionairesses Who Changed Britain | Tim Teeman | December 31, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTYou know, athletes, singers, hotel heiresses, their rich friends, reality stars, and even Joe Citizen next door.
So You Want to be a Porn Star? Inside the Sex Tape Phenomenon | Aurora Snow | July 19, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHeirs are groomed for influential positions in media empires; heiresses become tabloid celebrities.
The Super-Rich Want to Help The Poor As Long As They Get to Run the World | James Poulos | March 24, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTI here except heiresses, who, being anomalies, deserve a particular paragraph for themselves.
The Ladies' Book of Etiquette, and Manual of Politeness | Florence HartleyOn inquiry, he was told that this young person was Miss Milbanke, an only child, and one of the largest heiresses in England.
Lady Byron Vindicated | Harriet Beecher Stowe
Many of the British officers in America, with worldly wisdom, were already seeking alliances with our Colonial heiresses.
In Hostile Red | Joseph AltshelerThey say titled foreigners line up in front of the Lenox postoffice to look for heiresses.
The Automobile Girls in the Berkshires | Laura Dent CraneMuch may be forgiven her, for lovely Marion Arleigh, one of the richest heiresses in England, was an orphan.
Marion Arleigh's Penance | Charlotte M. Braeme
British Dictionary definitions for heiress
/ (ˈɛərɪs) /
a woman who inherits or expects to inherit great wealth
property law a female heir
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