heiress

Meanings

• noun

  A female who inherits property or wealth.

  - "She was a wealthy heiress who lived in a grand mansion."
  - "The young heiress received a large inheritance when her father passed away."

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Rhymes

Words rhyming with heiress
leases , teases , releases , seizes , eases

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Variants

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heiress , heiresses , co-heiress , co-heiresses , coheiress , coheiresses

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Etymology

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Old French héritier, from Latin hereditarius, from heredis, genitive of heres 'heir'.

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Trivia

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1. The term 'heiress' is often used interchangeably with 'heir', but technically, an heiress is a female heir.

2. The largest inheritance in history was left by Mansa Musa of Mali, who reportedly left an estate worth over $400 billion in today's money.

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Related Concepts

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1. inheritance: The property or wealth that is passed down from one generation to the next.

2. trust fund: A type of investment account that is managed by a trustee for the benefit of a beneficiary, often an heiress or heir.

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Culture

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In literature, the heiress is often depicted as a young woman who is naive, spoiled, or both, as seen in Emily Bronte's 'Wuthering Heights' and Jane Austen's 'Mansfield Park'. In art, the heiress has been a popular subject for portraits and paintings, as seen in the works of Johannes Vermeer and Frans Hals.

How to Memorize "heiress"

1. visualize
   

   - Visualize a young woman holding a large pile of gold coins or sitting in a grand mansion.

2. associate
   

   - Associate the word 'heiress' with the words 'wealth', 'inheritance', and 'estate'.

3. mnemonics
   

   - Use the mnemonic 'Heirs Have Inheritance, Riches' to remember the meaning of the word 'heiress'.

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