Definition of Inheritrix

1. Noun. A female heir.

Exact synonyms: Heiress, Inheritress
Generic synonyms: Heir, Heritor, Inheritor

Definition of Inheritrix

1. n. Same as Inheritress.

Definition of Inheritrix

1. Noun. female inheritor; heiress ¹

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Definition of Inheritrix

1. inheritress [n -TRIXES or -TRICES] - See also: inheritress

Lexicographical Neighbors of Inheritrix

inherited
inherited albumin variants
inherited character
inherited disease
inherited disorder
inherited wealth
inheriter
inheriters
inheriting
inheritor
inheritors
inheritour
inheritress
inheritresses
inheritrices
inheritrix (current term)
inheritrixes
inherits
inherse
inhersed
inherses
inhersing
inhesion
inhesions
inhiation
inhibin
inhibins
inhibit
inhibitable
inhibited

Literary usage of Inheritrix

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. London Encyclopaedia; Or, Universal Dictionary of Science, Art, Literature by Thomas Tegg (1829)
"No feme Should be inheritrix in Salike land. Shakspeare. The very conveyances of his lands will hardly lie in this box ; and must the inheritor himself have ..."

2. The four Georges: Sketches of Manners, Morals, Court & Town Life by William Makepeace Thackeray (1905)
"I think we acknowledge in the inheritrix of his sceptre a wiser rule and a life as honourable and pure ; and I am sure the future painter of our manners ..."

3. The First Part of the Institutes of the Laws of England, Or, A Commentary by Edward Coke, Thomas Littleton, Francis Hargrave, Charles Butler, Matthew Hale, Heneage Finch Nottingham (1809)
"... hath а hutband who is within TT EM, ß feme inheritrix que ad ALSO, if a woman inheritrix et ..."

4. A Treatise of the Pleas of the Crown: Or, A System of the Principal Matters by William Hawkins, John Curwood (1824)
"... That if the husband of an inheritrix have issue, and be attainted uf ... That the issue of an inheritrix by an alien, or a person attainted may be in ..."

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