heiress
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 10
- Words With Friends
- 9
- Letters
- 7
/ɛəˈɹɛs/
Definition of heiress
2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
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A woman who has a right of inheritance or who stands to inherit.
“"Do you know, Julia, that Charles has taken some wild-goose fancy into his head about marrying?" "Why, what heiress have you picked up?" asked his sister. "I am sure that I am very glad of it, though I cannot form a guess who it is. I never knew a season so unprofitable in that respect as the present."”
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noun
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A woman who has a right of inheritance or who stands to inherit.
“"Do you know, Julia, that Charles has taken some wild-goose fancy into his head about marrying?" "Why, what heiress have you picked up?" asked his sister. "I am sure that I am very glad of it, though I cannot form a guess who it is. I never knew a season so unprofitable in that respect as the present."”
- A woman who has received an inheritance.
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From heir + -ess.
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