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• heir|ess — «AIR ihs», noun. 1. an heir who is a woman or girl: »His daughter was named in the will as his heiress. 2. a woman or girl inheriting great wealth: »an heiress to a great fortune …   Useful english dictionary

• co|heir|ess — «koh AIR ihs», noun. an heiress with another or others …   Useful english dictionary

• ess — farm·er·ess; fruit·er·ess; ghost·ess; gi·ant·ess; guard·i·an·ess; heir·ess; her·mit·ess; jew·ess; join·tur·ess; judg·ess; knav·ess; knight·ess; land·grav·ess; law·yer·ess; leop·ard·ess; li·on·ess; man·ag·er·ess; man·ess; mar·shal·ess; may·or·ess; …   English syllables

• heir — co·heir; heir; heir·dom; heir·ess; heir·less; heir·ship; heir·loom; …   English syllables

• heiress — heir·ess …   English syllables

• heiress — heir•ess [[t]ˈɛər ɪs[/t]] n. use a woman who inherits or has a right of inheritance, esp. one who inherits great wealth • Etymology: 1650–60 usage: See ess …   From formal English to slang

• heiress — heir|ess [ˈeərıs, ˈeəres US ˈer ] n a woman who will receive or has received a lot of money or property when an older member of her family dies …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• heiress — heir|ess [ erəs ] noun count a woman or girl who will receive money or property when another person dies …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• heiress — 1650s, from HEIR (Cf. heir) + ESS (Cf. ess) …   Etymology dictionary

• successor — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. follower; heir[ess]; replacement. See sequence. Ant., predecessor. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. heir, heir apparent, follower, replacement; see heir . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. follower, heir, next …   English dictionary for students