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heiress

[ air-is ]

noun

  1. a woman who inherits or has a right of inheritance, especially a woman who has inherited or will inherit considerable wealth.


heiress

/ ˈɛəɪ /

noun

  1. a woman who inherits or expects to inherit great wealth
  2. property law a female heir
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Gender Note

See -ess.
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of heiress1

First recorded in 1650–60; heir + -ess
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And while she, as heiress to the Post Cereal fortune, was not a “robber baron” in the traditional sense of the word, that’s the vibe he likes.

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Surely if a fabulously wealthy heiress like Tanya died under mysterious circumstances after traveling aboard a yacht where numerous people were shot and killed, it would attract media attention and probably spawn a million podcasts.

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The reference hardly seems accidental: Netflix was criticized for paying fake heiress Anna Sorokin a hefty fee for the rights to adapt her life story into “Inventing Anna.”

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The newspaper heiress, who was kidnapped by the Symbionese Liberation Army and later joined them as “Tania,” was the recipient of two presidential actions.

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‘Bling Empire’ billionaire heiress Anna Shay, known for her sharp wit, unexpectedly died Monday after suffering a stroke.

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