Heiress
//ɛəˈɹɛs//
"Heiress" in a Sentence (6 examples)
She's the heiress to a great fortune.
Mary is the heiress to a large fortune.
Daniel made Amanda the sole heiress to his fortune.
In January, the celebrity hotel heiress pleaded no contest to alcohol-related reckless driving stemming from a September 2006 arrest in Hollywood.
Martha is the heiress of the companty.
"Do you know, Julia, that Charles has taken some wild-goose fancy into his head about marrying?" "Why, what heiress have you picked up?" asked his sister. "I am sure that I am very glad of it, though I cannot form a guess who it is. I never knew a season so unprofitable in that respect as the present."
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