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.
| c 1575 Balfour's Practicks (1754) 232 Ane heretrix being in ward and keiping of hir over-lord, may be disherishit, and foirfalt hir heritage. 1609 Skene 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. 1611 Speed Hist. Gt. Brit. ix. viii. §8 Isabell, Heiretrice of Ailmar Earle of Angoulisme. 1654 tr. Scudery's Curia Pol. Contents, Marriage of the Princess an Heretrix to the Crown. 1875 W. M{supc}Ilwraith Guide Wigtownshire 90 Elizabeth Kennedy, heretrix of the said croft. |