: a woman who is an heir especially to great wealth
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Her new friend Chloe (Charlotte Le Bon) is a former model who’s convinced herself that she’s caught a good-enough prize in Greg (Jon Gries), the older man who married—and then murdered—the hapless heiress Tanya (Jennifer Coolidge) in Season 2.
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Inkoo Kang, The New Yorker, 21 Feb. 2025
It was owned by Louisa Carpenter, the Woolworth heiress.
—Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 20 Feb. 2025
But the billionaire heiress disappeared (as Season 2 viewers know).
—Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 18 Feb. 2025
The company’s heiress seduced an employee while pretending to be her own Innie, then almost got murdered by a wild-eyed co-worker who sniffed out her ruse and revealed it to everyone?
—Brian Grubb, Vulture, 14 Feb. 2025
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Inkoo Kang, The New Yorker, 21 Feb. 2025
It was owned by Louisa Carpenter, the Woolworth heiress.
—Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 20 Feb. 2025
But the billionaire heiress disappeared (as Season 2 viewers know).
—Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 18 Feb. 2025
The company’s heiress seduced an employee while pretending to be her own Innie, then almost got murdered by a wild-eyed co-worker who sniffed out her ruse and revealed it to everyone?
—Brian Grubb, Vulture, 14 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for heiress
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“Heiress.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/heiress. Accessed 9 Mar. 2025.
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heiress
noun
heir·ess
ˈar-əs 
ˈer-
: a girl or woman who is an heir
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