Inheritress

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A female inheritor; an heiress.

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

  2. 2
    a female heir wordnet

Synonyms

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heirheir apparentheiressheiressinheritorinheritrix

Example

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

Etymology

From inheritor + -ess.

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