heritressn.
/ˈhɛrᵻtrᵻs/, /hɛrᵻˈtrɛs/, U.S. /ˈhɛrətrəs/ An heiress, an inheritress.
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society > law > legal right > right of possession or ownership > right to succeed to title, position, or estate > succession > [noun] > descent by inheritance > heir > female heir
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inheritrix?1530
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millionheiress1890
c1515 Ld. Berners tr. Bk. Duke Huon of Burdeux (1882–7) clxiii. 642 I wyll neuer consent that a newe found damoysell should be herytes of suche a realme.
1847 Blackwood's Mag. 61 752 She was the sole heritress of the father's thousands.
1889 Universal Rev. Jan. 91 Stern rustic heritress Of Cato and Fabricius.
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n.c1515- dressed
- dressed crab
- dressed down
- dressed got etc to kill
- dressed got up to kill
- dressed like adam
- dressed like astor's plush horse
- dressed like mrs astor's plush horse
- dressed rehearsal
- dressed salad
- dressed to kill
- dressed to the nines
- dressed up
- dressed up like a sore finger
- dressed up like a sore toe
- dressed up like astor's plush horse
- dressed up like mrs astor's plush horse
- dressed up to the nines
- dressed weight
- dressed-down
- dressed-up
- dresseddown
- dressedup
- dresser
- diureses