heiress
pronunciation
How to pronounce heiress in British English:
UK [ˈeəres]
How to pronounce heiress in American English:
US [ˈeres]
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- Noun:
- a female heir
Word Origin
- heiress (n.)
- 1650s, from heir + -ess.
Example
- 1. And he was much younger than the heiress of rhineland manor .
- 2. Marconi was the son of an italian country gentleman and irish whiskey heiress anne jameson .
- 3. When a waiter asked the heiress for her order , he was quietly told : " mineral water . "
- 4. I heard one story about the son of a new york heiress who was snatched by his father and taken somewhere in the middle east .
- 5. When hotel heiress paris hilton dated nick carter of the backstreet boys , she got his name tattooed on her backside .