heiress
/ɛəˈɹɛs/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.07 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A woman who has a right of inheritance or who stands to inherit.
noun
A woman who has received an inheritance.
Example Sentences
- ""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.""
Etymology
Etymology tree English heir Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ih₂der. Ancient Greek -ῐᾰ (-ĭă) Ancient Greek -ισσα (-issa)bor. Late Latin -issader. Old French -essebor. Middle English -esse English -ess English heiress From heir + -ess.