: a woman who is an heir especially to great wealth
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Conchita is Lady Brightlingsea, heroine to a wave of young American heiresses.
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Billie Melissa, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 July 2025
One such effort is the Vaccine Integrity Project, which is being coordinated by the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota and supported by an unrestricted grant from Walmart heiress Christy Walton.
—Brenda Goodman, CNN Money, 30 June 2025
Family ties Among the Pardee sisters born in New Haven, Conn., much is known about Sarah—heiress to the Winchester Repeating Arms Company.
—Anne Gelhaus, Mercury News, 22 June 2025
Police responded to reports that the former heiress had pushed an officer in downtown Charleston.
—Paulina Dedaj, FOXNews.com, 21 June 2025
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Billie Melissa, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 July 2025
One such effort is the Vaccine Integrity Project, which is being coordinated by the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota and supported by an unrestricted grant from Walmart heiress Christy Walton.
—Brenda Goodman, CNN Money, 30 June 2025
Family ties Among the Pardee sisters born in New Haven, Conn., much is known about Sarah—heiress to the Winchester Repeating Arms Company.
—Anne Gelhaus, Mercury News, 22 June 2025
Police responded to reports that the former heiress had pushed an officer in downtown Charleston.
—Paulina Dedaj, FOXNews.com, 21 June 2025
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“Heiress.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/heiress. Accessed 8 Jul. 2025.
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heiress
noun
heir·ess
ˈar-əs 
ˈer-
: a girl or woman who is an heir
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