heiress
noun
heir·ess
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Definition of heiress
: a woman who is an heir especially to great wealth
Examples of heiress in a Sentence
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His mother was an heiress to a soap and toilet water fortune, and the family moved to Hay when Mr. Booth was young and they were bequeathed an estate there. — Emily Langer, Washington Post, "Richard Booth, self-named king of Welsh ‘bibliopolis,’ dies at 80," 30 Aug. 2019 For those who followed the courtroom style of fake heiress Anna Delvey, the take on Elizabeth Holmes’s revamped courtroom look is here. — Fortune, "What the Al Franken Story Says to Women: The Broadsheet," 23 July 2019 Within two decades, Koyama, heiress to a vast textile fortune and one of Japan’s richest women, prospered even further thanks to tithes paid by the group’s followers, which now number some 300,000 worldwide. — Martin Filler, The New York Review of Books, "I.M. Pei: Establishment Modernism Lite," 24 May 2019 Kaguya is vice president of the student council at a prestigious private school and heiress of a rich and powerful family. — Michael Moore, The Verge, "The Best Anime of 2019: an ongoing list," 16 Aug. 2019 The New York Times tells the story of an heiress whose riches still fund some of the country's biggest anti-immigration organizations. — NBC News, "Choppy economic waters complicate 2020 picture for Trump," 15 Aug. 2019 In the aftermath of Jeffrey Epstein’s apparent suicide, the focus on Ghislaine Maxwell, a British heiress and Epstein’s alleged madam, has intensified. — Kristen Bellstrom, Fortune, "A New Female Fortune 500 CEO Meets the Glass Cliff: The Broadsheet," 13 Aug. 2019 Sebring became the second person to die at the hands of the Manson Family members during an infamous killing spree that claimed seven lives, including coffee heiress Abigail Folger and her lover, Polish screenwriter Wojciech Frykowski. — Tatiana Siegel, The Hollywood Reporter, "Manson Victim's Friend Posits Alternative Motive: "I Never Bought Into the Race War Theory"," 30 July 2019 Raniere is due to go on trial early next month with heiress Clare Bronfman, a NXIVM benefactor who is a daughter of the late billionaire Seagram chairman Edgar Bronfman Sr., and another group member, Kathy Russell. — David Klepper, The Seattle Times, "State probes doctor it says branded women in sex slave case," 13 Apr. 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'heiress.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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heiress
noun
English Language Learners Definition of heiress
: a girl or woman who is an heir
especially
: a girl or woman who inherits a large amount of money
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heiress
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heir·ess
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Kids Definition of heiress
: a girl or a woman who is an heir