inheritress
(ɪnˈhɛrɪtrɪs)
[fem. of inheriter, inheritor (see -ess), which has displaced the earlier inheritrice (see next).]
A female inheritor; an heiress. (Less technical than inheritrix.)
| 1603 Holland Plutarch's Mor. 852 A kinswoman of his and cousin germain, an inheritresse. 1640 H. Glapthorne Wit in Constable ii. Wks. 1874 I. 181, I was borne Free, an inheritresse to an ample fortune. 1846 Trench Mirac. xx. (1862) 331 She is a ‘daughter of Abraham’;..an inheritress, as some understand, of the faith of Abraham. 1855 Milman Lat. Chr. xiii. x. VI. 233 Joanna II, the inheritress of the name, the throne, the licentiousness, the misfortunes of Joanna I. 1894 Mrs. H. Ward Marcella I. 4 Marcella Boyce..inheritress of one of the most ancient names in England. |