inheritress

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noun

A female inheritor; an heiress.

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heiressinheritrix
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Meanings

nouninheritress (plural inheritresses)

plural inheritresses

  1. A female inheritor; an heiress.

    By their decease I became the lawfull Inheritress of their House and Fortune.

    1790, Jane Austen, “Love and Freindship”, in Juvenilia

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna female heir

Similar
heiressinheritrix
Broader
heirinheritorheritorwomanadult female
Also see
heiressinheritrix

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From inheritor + -ess.

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Cite this entry
APA

inheritress. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/inheritress

MLA

“inheritress.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/inheritress. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “inheritress,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/inheritress.

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