: 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, 31 July 2025
This is all thanks to Jane Blaffer Owen an oil heiress from Houston (her father was one of the founders of a company that’s now ExxonMobil and her grandfather established the company that ultimately became Texaco), whose husband, Kenneth Dale Owen was a descendent of New Harmony’s founders.
—Rima Suqi, Forbes.com, 24 July 2025
Washington Post heiress Lally Weymouth hosted her exclusive Fourth of July bash on Saturday the 5th with guests such as Chuck Schumer, former governor Andrew Cuomo, Southampton Village Mayor Bill Manger and a number of foreign dignitaries in attendance.
—Nancy Kane, New York Daily News, 11 July 2025
One of them, a Cuban-American heiress named Consuelo Yznaga, married the real Duke of Buckingham in 1876.
—Alexis Nedd, IndieWire, 2 July 2025
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Billie Melissa, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 July 2025
This is all thanks to Jane Blaffer Owen an oil heiress from Houston (her father was one of the founders of a company that’s now ExxonMobil and her grandfather established the company that ultimately became Texaco), whose husband, Kenneth Dale Owen was a descendent of New Harmony’s founders.
—Rima Suqi, Forbes.com, 24 July 2025
Washington Post heiress Lally Weymouth hosted her exclusive Fourth of July bash on Saturday the 5th with guests such as Chuck Schumer, former governor Andrew Cuomo, Southampton Village Mayor Bill Manger and a number of foreign dignitaries in attendance.
—Nancy Kane, New York Daily News, 11 July 2025
One of them, a Cuban-American heiress named Consuelo Yznaga, married the real Duke of Buckingham in 1876.
—Alexis Nedd, IndieWire, 2 July 2025
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“Heiress.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/heiress. Accessed 20 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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