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Word: Heiress
Speech Type: Noun
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ɛːrˈɛs
Dialects: British English
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈɛːrɪs
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a woman who is legally entitled to the property or rank of another on that person's death
Short Definition:woman inheriting property
Examples:- an oil heiress
- she was heiress to a $32 million textile fortune
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