inheritress en · NOUN
Etymology
From inheritor + -ess.
Meanings
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A female inheritor; an heiress.
By their decease I became the lawfull Inheritress of their House and Fortune.
1790, Jane Austen, “Love and Freindship”, in Juvenilia:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| inheritresses | Number=Plur | lexicographic |