What does "inheritress" mean?

A female inheritor; an heiress.

What is a synonym for "inheritress"?

Common synonyms include: heir, heir apparent, heiress, heiresses, inheritor, inheritrix.

noun

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Noun

1
A female inheritor; an heiress.
"By their decease I became the lawfull Inheritress of their House and Fortune."
2
a female heir wordnet

"By their decease I became the lawfull Inheritress of their House and Fortune."

From inheritor + -ess.