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Meaning of Heiress | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1
ɛəˈɹɛs

Definitions

  1. A woman who has a right of inheritance or who stands to inherit.
  2. A woman who has received an inheritance.

Equivalents

العربية الوريثة وارثة
Bosanski baštinica naslednica nasljednica баштиница наследница насљедница
Čeština dědička
Cymraeg aeres
Dansk arving
Deutsch Erbin
Ελληνικά διάδοχος
Español heredera
Suomi perijätär
Français héritière successeuse successrice
Gaeilge banoidhre
Gàidhlig ban-oighre
Hrvatski baštinica naslednica nasljednica баштиница наследница насљедница
Italiano ereditiera
日本語 世継ぎ
ქართული მემკვიდრე
Kurdî heres
Latina heres
Македонски наследничка
Polski spadkobierczyni sukcesorka
Português herdeira
Română moștenitoare
Русский наследница прее́мница
Српски baštinica naslednica nasljednica баштиница наследница насљедница
Svenska arvinge arvtagerska
ไทย ทายาท
Українська спадкоємиця

Examples

“"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."”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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See also

heiress apparent heiress presumptive heiress-apparent heiress-presumptive heiressdom Heiresses

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