Heiress

Word HEIRESS
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Hyphenation heir ess
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Definitions and meanings of "Heiress"

What do we mean by heiress?

A woman who is an heir, especially to great wealth. noun

A female heir; especially, a woman inheriting or who is expected to inherit considerable wealth. noun

A female heir. noun

A woman who stands to inherit noun

A female heir noun

A woman who has a right of inheritance or who stands to inherit.

A woman who has received an inheritance.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Heiress

The word "heiress" in example sentences

In films, in addition to "Patty Hearst," in which she played the title heiress-turned-terrorist, and the psychological thriller "The Comfort of Strangers" (1990), ❋ Unknown (2009)

In addition to Schrader's "Patty Hearst" (1988), in which she played the title heiress-turned-terrorist, and the psychological thriller "The Comfort of Strangers" (1990),

A mischievous comic tone is also set right away, so that by the time we meet eccentric shut-in heiress Penelope Stamp (a luminous Rachel Weisz), it fits right in. ❋ Unknown (2009)

A cardboard cutout of the skank heiress is being used on lab mice to see if being around humans has any effect on them. ❋ Bill Crider (2007)

The hotel heiress is keen to live forever and has invested a large sum of money in the world's biggest suspended animation cemetery, Cryonics Institute. ❋ Bill Crider (2007)

A wealthy heiress is murdered aboard a luxury cruise liner, and everyone's a suspect. ❋ Unknown (2007)

'That your little niece, the Scotch heiress, is going to marry him.' ❋ Unknown (1907)

Now, supposing that Miss Monroe and Mary O'Grady had agreed to change places, the Pekin heiress, for the time being, occupying Mary O'Grady's place in the humble home at Cork and vice versa, what means of communicating with each other had they arranged? ❋ Unknown (1894)

Step number two was to find a suitable person, who for a consideration, would be willing to play the part of the Pekin heiress among the heiress's friends in England, while the young lady herself arranged her private affairs to her own liking. ❋ Unknown (1894)

And can any one hear the word heiress without immediately thinking of matrimony? ❋ Israel Zangwill (1895)

But above all, I wonder what the Le Noirs, father and son, will say when they find that the heiress is flown and a 'beggar,' as uncle flatters me by calling me, will be here in her place! ❋ Unknown (1888)

We have the word heiress-hunting for the very obvious reason that heiresses are recognised game. ❋ Lucia Gilbert [Commentator] Calhoun (1860)

Besides Lady Randolph Churchill, the best-known American heiress is the Duchess of Marlborough, née Consuelo Vanderbilt. ❋ Unknown (2008)

But really that’s a terrible deformation of history, as she was an heiress from a very young age and was briefly the Regent, when Henry VIII was too young to reign. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The heiress is currently in Britain filming a European version of her reality series Paris Hilton’s My New BFF, and let’s just say Ricky isn’t very happy about that, as demonstrated in this open letter to President Obama posted on Ricky’s official site on Monday. ❋ Unknown (2009)

McCain’s wife/heiress is very nice, though the girls are spoiled brats. ❋ Unknown (2005)

She also called the heiress a "horrible excuse for a human being," a "blonde piece of s--t" and described Hilton's existence as "lame." ❋ Unknown (2011)

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