: a woman who is an heir especially to great wealth
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Aerin, her luxury lifestyle brand, and Williams-Sonoma Inc. will unveil a brand new collaboration: Aerin x Pottery Barn Teen, the beauty heiress told WWD Thursday.
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Sofia Celeste, WWD, 20 Mar. 2025
Alice Walton—the founder of the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, chairman of the Art Bridges Foundation, and heiress to the Walmart fortune—had the largest two-day loss at more than $6.5 billion, and the largest reduction in her net worth, 7 percent, down to $107 billion.
—Karen K. Ho For Artnews, Robb Report, 13 Mar. 2025
But that all changes in this next installment, which is told from the perspective of the heiress whom the knight served.
—The New Yorker, 12 Mar. 2025
Picture heiress Doris Duke’s jaw-dropping Honolulu powder room without its Taj Mahal–inspired bathroom tile.
—Kathryn O'Shea-Evans, Architectural Digest, 11 Mar. 2025
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Sofia Celeste, WWD, 20 Mar. 2025
Alice Walton—the founder of the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, chairman of the Art Bridges Foundation, and heiress to the Walmart fortune—had the largest two-day loss at more than $6.5 billion, and the largest reduction in her net worth, 7 percent, down to $107 billion.
—Karen K. Ho For Artnews, Robb Report, 13 Mar. 2025
But that all changes in this next installment, which is told from the perspective of the heiress whom the knight served.
—The New Yorker, 12 Mar. 2025
Picture heiress Doris Duke’s jaw-dropping Honolulu powder room without its Taj Mahal–inspired bathroom tile.
—Kathryn O'Shea-Evans, Architectural Digest, 11 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for heiress
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“Heiress.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/heiress. Accessed 3 Apr. 2025.
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heiress
noun
heir·ess
ˈar-əs 
ˈer-
: a girl or woman who is an heir
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