: a woman who is an heir especially to great wealth
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His case stems from an incident that occurred eight months before his viral Paris nuptials to car dealership heiress Madelaine Brockway.
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Kimberlee Speakman, PEOPLE, 9 Jan. 2026
Released in 1958, Attack told of a wealthy heiress, fresh from a stint at a mental institution, who is turned into a giantess and then deals with her philandering husband and his no-good, money-grubbing floozy.
—Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 9 Jan. 2026
The book follows Alice Scott and Hayden Anderson, two writers competing to ink the biography of an elusive former celebrity heiress, Margaret Ives.
—Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 8 Jan. 2026
The Granary was among the landmarks for which Jane Blaffer Owen, an oil heiress who married one of Owen's descendants, spearheaded restoration.
—Domenica Bongiovanni, IndyStar, 30 Dec. 2025
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Kimberlee Speakman, PEOPLE, 9 Jan. 2026
Released in 1958, Attack told of a wealthy heiress, fresh from a stint at a mental institution, who is turned into a giantess and then deals with her philandering husband and his no-good, money-grubbing floozy.
—Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 9 Jan. 2026
The book follows Alice Scott and Hayden Anderson, two writers competing to ink the biography of an elusive former celebrity heiress, Margaret Ives.
—Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 8 Jan. 2026
The Granary was among the landmarks for which Jane Blaffer Owen, an oil heiress who married one of Owen's descendants, spearheaded restoration.
—Domenica Bongiovanni, IndyStar, 30 Dec. 2025
See All Example Sentences for heiress
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“Heiress.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/heiress. Accessed 16 Jan. 2026.
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heiress
noun
heir·ess
ˈar-əs 
ˈer-
: a girl or woman who is an heir
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