: a woman who is an heir especially to great wealth
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Coolidge’s performance as the rich heiress Tanya McQuoid won her Outstanding Supporting Actress Primetime Emmys for The White Lotus in 2022 and 2023.
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Tim Lammers, Forbes, 23 Mar. 2025
The novella draws inspiration from all-time classic Bringing Up Baby, which puts paleontologist David Huxley (Cary Grant) in the path of wacky heiress Susan Vance (Katharine Hepburn) and her pet leopard, Baby.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, People.com, 19 Mar. 2025
The business thrived for many years until falling on hard times in the 1980s, at which point Dallas oil heiress and developer Caroline Rose Hunt purchased the rights to the name and opened a store in the courtyard of shops in the Crescent Hotel in Dallas in 1986.
—Jean E. Palmieri, WWD, 4 Mar. 2025
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.
—Sofia Celeste, WWD, 20 Mar. 2025
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Tim Lammers, Forbes, 23 Mar. 2025
The novella draws inspiration from all-time classic Bringing Up Baby, which puts paleontologist David Huxley (Cary Grant) in the path of wacky heiress Susan Vance (Katharine Hepburn) and her pet leopard, Baby.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, People.com, 19 Mar. 2025
The business thrived for many years until falling on hard times in the 1980s, at which point Dallas oil heiress and developer Caroline Rose Hunt purchased the rights to the name and opened a store in the courtyard of shops in the Crescent Hotel in Dallas in 1986.
—Jean E. Palmieri, WWD, 4 Mar. 2025
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.
—Sofia Celeste, WWD, 20 Mar. 2025
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“Heiress.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/heiress. Accessed 15 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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