millionheiressn.
/ˌmɪljəˈnɛːrᵻs/, /ˌmɪljəˈnɛːrɛs/, U.S. /ˌmɪljəˈnɛrəs/ rare (chiefly humorous).
An heiress to a million pounds (dollars, etc.) or more.
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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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inheritricea1513
heritressc1515
inheritrix?1530
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inheritress1603
fortune1655
heiress1656
millionheiress1890
1881 J. Payn Grape from Thorn xiii Even though he married an heiress or even a Millionairess.]
1890 Cent. Mag. Aug. 581/1 He's to build the new palace at Newport for that lucky dog Robinson, who married Miss Golding, the California millionheiress.
1919 W. De Morgan Old Madhouse 457 His mind took kindly to the interruption of this young man's nuptials with an American millionheiress of startling beauty.
1942 L. V. Berrey & M. Van den Bark Amer. Thes. Slang §417 Millionheiress, a woman who is a millionaire.
1983 W. Safire in N.Y. Times Mag. 16 Jan. 6/3 James Buchanan Duke..was million-heiress Doris Duke's father.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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