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heiress [ˈɛərɪs] n
1. a woman who inherits or expects to inherit great wealth 2. (Law) Property law a female heir ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
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| When Rita turned up in Paris a year and a half after Allegre's death some shabby journalist (smart creature) hit upon the notion of alluding to her as the heiress of Mr. but she always was silly--intolerably so in marrying him at all, she the heiress of a large fortune and he without a shilling: one title, I know, she might have had, besides baronets. Two miles below Hornberg castle is a cave in a low cliff, which the captain of the raft said had once been occupied by a beautiful heiress of Hornberg--the Lady Gertrude-- in the old times. |
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