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Definition of Heiress
1. Noun. A female heir.
Definition of Heiress
1. n. A female heir.
Definition of Heiress
1. Noun. A woman who stands to inherit. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Heiress
1. a female inheritor [n -ES] - See also: inheritor
Medical Definition of Heiress
1. A female heir. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Heiress
Literary usage of Heiress
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"It appears that when Edward III. assumed the French lilies, he at first did so
simply as representing his mother, who was an heiress, and placed her arms in ..."
2. Vanity Fair: A Novel Without a Hero by William Makepeace Thackeray (1893)
"A QUARREL ABOUT AN heiress. ... He encouraged, with the utmost enthusiasm and
friendliness, his daughters' amiable attachment to the young heiress, ..."
3. The Gentleman's Magazine (1822)
"Verney, Knt. heiress of Thomas William. Mary; mar. Christopher Hales". '•* | Joyce.
... Sir Tho-^Alice, daughter and heiress SirRichard'. William" J?p.=pN. ..."
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