heiress
A woman who has a right of inheritance or who stands to inherit.
Other meanings
A woman who has received an inheritance.
Related words
- coheiress
- heiress apparent
- heiressdom
- heiresshood
- heiress presumptive
- millionheiress
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “heiress” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.