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ˈheritress [f. prec. + -ess. (Herytes in 1533 prob. an error.)] An heiress, an inheritress.
a1533Ld. Berners Huon clxiii. 642, I wyll neuer consent that a newe found damoysell should be herytes of suche a realme. 1847Blackw. Mag. LXI. 752 She was the sole heritress of the father's thousands. 1889Univ. Rev. Jan. 91 Stern rustic heritress Of Cato and Fabricius. |