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heritrix, heretrix|ˈhɛrɪtrɪks| Also 7 heretrice, (erron. heiretrice, heirtrix). [A fem. of heritor formed in imitation of feminines in L. -trix and F. -trice, from masculines in L. -tor, F. -teur.] A female heir or heritor; an heiress.
c1575Balfour's Practicks (1754) 232 Ane heretrix being in ward and keiping of hir over-lord, may be disherishit, and foirfalt hir heritage. 1609Skene Reg. Maj. 38 The Warde and Mariage of Wemen Heretrices. Ibid., Na woman being ane heretrice of land, may be lawfullie maried, without consent of her over-lord. 1611Speed Hist. Gt. Brit. ix. viii. §8 Isabell, Heiretrice of Ailmar Earle of Angoulisme. 1654tr. Scudery's Curia Pol. Contents, Marriage of the Princess an Heretrix to the Crown. 1875W. McIlwraith Guide Wigtownshire 90 Elizabeth Kennedy, heretrix of the said croft. |