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heiress
Part of speech: NounA woman or girl who inherits property.
Usage examples "heiress":- Berenice was an heiress- a rich heiress, and I had a small estate of my own, left to me by my grandfather. - "Tales & Novels, Vol. IX [Contents: Harrington; Thoughts on Bores; Ormond]", Maria Edgeworth.
- And somewhat of an heiress. - "A Little Girl in Old Philadelphia", Amanda Minnie Douglas.
- His mother, Catherine Gordon of Gight, was of an excellent Scotch stock, and an heiress; though her rascally husband made away with her money. - "A History of Nineteenth Century Literature (1780-1895)", George Saintsbury.