heritress

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heritress

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From heritor + -ess.

noun heritresses

A female heritor. The mightiest monarch of his age, Sovereign of England—as his proud grandsire made his vaunt of yore—by right of the sword’s edge; Grand Duke of Normandy, by privilege of blood; and liege-lord of Guienne, by marriage with its powerful Heritress;
Similar: heiress, heritrix

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@misc{heritress_2026,
  title = {heritress},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/heritress},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}