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Heiress

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.

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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

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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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