heiressn.

Brit.

/ɛːrˈɛs/,

/ˈɛːrᵻs/, U.S.

/ˈɛrəs/

Etymology: < heir n. + -ess suffix¹. Introduced apparently in 17th cent.

A female heir. Also figurative.

ΘΚΠ

society > law > legal right > right of possession or ownership > right to succeed to title, position, or estate > succession > [noun] > descent by inheritance > heir > female heir

distaffa1513

inheritricea1513

heritressc1515

inheritrix?1530

heritrixc1575

inheritress1603

fortune1655

heiress1656

millionheiress1890

1656 B. Harris tr. J. N. de Parival Hist. Iron Age i. iii. x. 86 His first wife was the Princesse, who was heiresse to Sedan.

1659 B. Harris tr. J. N. de Parival Hist. Iron Age i. i. vii. 14 The Heiress of the house of York.

1690 J. Evelyn Diary (1955) V. 41 One Johnson a Knight executed at Tyburn for being Compl<i>ce with Campbel..for stealing away a young heiresse.

1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones V. xiv. v. 144 He..would have had us consider ourselves as highly, as if we had been the richest Heiresses .

1769 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. IV. xv. 208 Their forcible abduction and marriage; which is vulgarly called stealing an heiress.

1878 B. Taylor Prince Deukalion i. iii Heiress of gifts interpreted as woe.

Compounds

heiress-hunting, heiress-portioner, etc.

ΚΠ

1861 G. Ross W. Bell's Dict. Law Scotl. (rev. ed.) at Executors Heiresses-portioners who succeed ab intestato to equal portions..of the heritable estate.

1886 S. Baring-Gould Court Royal I. vii. 111 He must go about the country heiress-hunting.

Derivatives

ˈheiresshood n. Apparently an isolated use.

ΚΠ

1884 Mrs. Houstoun Caught in Snare II. viii. 98 The fact of her heiresshood.

heiress-ship n. the state or position of an heiress.

ΚΠ

1862 T. A. Trollope Marietta I. 78 This heiress-ship was known to be a very important matter.

1889 M. Oliphant Poor Gentleman III. vi. 109 Mab with her heiress-ship had been thrown at his head.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	heiress
释义	heiressn. Brit. /ɛːrˈɛs/, /ˈɛːrᵻs/, U.S. /ˈɛrəs/ Etymology: < heir n. + -ess suffix¹. Introduced apparently in 17th cent. A female heir. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ society > law > legal right > right of possession or ownership > right to succeed to title, position, or estate > succession > [noun] > descent by inheritance > heir > female heir distaffa1513 inheritricea1513 heritressc1515 inheritrix?1530 heritrixc1575 inheritress1603 fortune1655 heiress1656 millionheiress1890 1656 B. Harris tr. J. N. de Parival Hist. Iron Age i. iii. x. 86 His first wife was the Princesse, who was heiresse to Sedan. 1659 B. Harris tr. J. N. de Parival Hist. Iron Age i. i. vii. 14 The Heiress of the house of York. 1690 J. Evelyn Diary (1955) V. 41 One Johnson a Knight executed at Tyburn for being Compl<i>ce with Campbel..for stealing away a young heiresse. 1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones V. xiv. v. 144 He..would have had us consider ourselves as highly, as if we had been the richest Heiresses . View more context for this quotation 1769 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. IV. xv. 208 Their forcible abduction and marriage; which is vulgarly called stealing an heiress. 1878 B. Taylor Prince Deukalion i. iii Heiress of gifts interpreted as woe. Compounds heiress-hunting, heiress-portioner, etc. ΚΠ 1861 G. Ross W. Bell's Dict. Law Scotl. (rev. ed.) at Executors Heiresses-portioners who succeed ab intestato to equal portions..of the heritable estate. 1886 S. Baring-Gould Court Royal I. vii. 111 He must go about the country heiress-hunting. Derivatives ˈheiresshood n. Apparently an isolated use. ΚΠ 1884 Mrs. Houstoun Caught in Snare II. viii. 98 The fact of her heiresshood. heiress-ship n. the state or position of an heiress. ΚΠ 1862 T. A. Trollope Marietta I. 78 This heiress-ship was known to be a very important matter. 1889 M. Oliphant Poor Gentleman III. vi. 109 Mab with her heiress-ship had been thrown at his head. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1656
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