: a woman who is an heir especially to great wealth
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The couple became engaged in January 2018, when Zylka famously gave the heiress a $2 million engagement ring, but broke up 10 months later.
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Stephan Pechdimaldji, Newsweek, 14 Dec. 2024
The girl in question is Caroline Blackwood, a twenty-one-year-old heiress of aristocratic extraction, who would soon become the artist’s wife.
—Negar Azimi, The New Yorker, 12 Dec. 2024
While walking the red carpet at the premiere of the Hallmark original movie Holiday Touchdown: A Chiefs Love Story, the Chiefs heiress, 25, and her mother, 53, tell PEOPLE exclusively that their holiday traditions usually depend on their NFL team's schedule that year.
—Natasha Dye, People.com, 2 Dec. 2024
The 25-year-old heiress, who's the eldest daughter of Kansas City Chiefs owner, Clark Hunt, and his wife, Tavia Hunt, makes an appearance as herself in the new Hallmark Channel movie, Holiday Touchdown: A Chiefs Love Story.
—Michelle Lee, People.com, 2 Dec. 2024
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Stephan Pechdimaldji, Newsweek, 14 Dec. 2024
The girl in question is Caroline Blackwood, a twenty-one-year-old heiress of aristocratic extraction, who would soon become the artist’s wife.
—Negar Azimi, The New Yorker, 12 Dec. 2024
While walking the red carpet at the premiere of the Hallmark original movie Holiday Touchdown: A Chiefs Love Story, the Chiefs heiress, 25, and her mother, 53, tell PEOPLE exclusively that their holiday traditions usually depend on their NFL team's schedule that year.
—Natasha Dye, People.com, 2 Dec. 2024
The 25-year-old heiress, who's the eldest daughter of Kansas City Chiefs owner, Clark Hunt, and his wife, Tavia Hunt, makes an appearance as herself in the new Hallmark Channel movie, Holiday Touchdown: A Chiefs Love Story.
—Michelle Lee, People.com, 2 Dec. 2024
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“Heiress.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/heiress. Accessed 6 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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