: a woman who is an heir especially to great wealth
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The fake heiress is speaking out after finding herself at the center of controversy for a recent photoshoot.
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Tabitha Parent, People.com, 20 Aug. 2025
Many of the jewels on show are the result of collaborations with clients who commissioned them, such as the oversized jade bead necklace ordered by American heiress Barbara Hutton.
—Angelina Villa-Clarke, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2025
Like the book, the show is predicated on a classic Gilded Age bargain: American heiresses fill the dwindling coffers of the British peerage; correspondingly eligible dukes and lords bestow a noble title that papers over a nouveau-riche designation.
—Elle Carroll, Vulture, 11 Aug. 2025
The film is set in the late 1970s, somewhere in the Mediterranean, where Marcos Timoleon, an Aristotle Onassis-like tycoon, is throwing a lavish, extravagant birthday party for Sofia, his daughter and sole heiress, on his exclusive private island.
—Zac Ntim, Deadline, 7 Aug. 2025
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Tabitha Parent, People.com, 20 Aug. 2025
Many of the jewels on show are the result of collaborations with clients who commissioned them, such as the oversized jade bead necklace ordered by American heiress Barbara Hutton.
—Angelina Villa-Clarke, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2025
Like the book, the show is predicated on a classic Gilded Age bargain: American heiresses fill the dwindling coffers of the British peerage; correspondingly eligible dukes and lords bestow a noble title that papers over a nouveau-riche designation.
—Elle Carroll, Vulture, 11 Aug. 2025
The film is set in the late 1970s, somewhere in the Mediterranean, where Marcos Timoleon, an Aristotle Onassis-like tycoon, is throwing a lavish, extravagant birthday party for Sofia, his daughter and sole heiress, on his exclusive private island.
—Zac Ntim, Deadline, 7 Aug. 2025
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“Heiress.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/heiress. Accessed 27 Aug. 2025.
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heiress
noun
heir·ess
ˈar-əs 
ˈer-
: a girl or woman who is an heir
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