: a woman who is an heir especially to great wealth
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In Danny Boyle’s marvelously unhinged 1997 lovers-on-the-lam confection A Life Less Ordinary, Diaz plays Celine, an heiress who’s kidnapped by a hapless janitor, Ewan McGregor’s Robert.
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Stephanie Zacharek, TIME, 17 Jan. 2025
Alice Scott and Hayden Anderson both want to write the biography of famed heiress Margaret Ives.
—Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 4 Jan. 2025
The proposal gained traction in large part because it was spearheaded by socialite, heiress and reality TV star Paris Hilton.
—Andy Biggs, Newsweek, 25 Dec. 2024
Previous Slide Next Slide #7: $350 million Walmart (WMT) heiress Alice Walton gave Mercy Health $350 million to create a cardiac care center.
—Ben Kesslen, Quartz, 25 Dec. 2024
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Stephanie Zacharek, TIME, 17 Jan. 2025
Alice Scott and Hayden Anderson both want to write the biography of famed heiress Margaret Ives.
—Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 4 Jan. 2025
The proposal gained traction in large part because it was spearheaded by socialite, heiress and reality TV star Paris Hilton.
—Andy Biggs, Newsweek, 25 Dec. 2024
Previous Slide Next Slide #7: $350 million Walmart (WMT) heiress Alice Walton gave Mercy Health $350 million to create a cardiac care center.
—Ben Kesslen, Quartz, 25 Dec. 2024
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“Heiress.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/heiress. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.
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heiress
noun
heir·ess
ˈar-əs 
ˈer-
: a girl or woman who is an heir
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