Heir vs. Heiress
Difference Between Heir and Heiress
Heir➦
a person legally entitled to the property or rank of another on that person's death
his eldest son and heir
the heir to the throne
0
Heiress➦
a woman who is legally entitled to the property or rank of another on that person's death
she was heiress to a $32 million textile fortune
an oil heiress
0
Heir➦
A person who inherits or is entitled by law or by the terms of a will to inherit the estate of another.
0
Heiress➦
A woman who is an heir, especially to great wealth. See Usage Note at -ess.
0
Heir➦
A person who succeeds or is in line to succeed to a hereditary rank, title, or office.
0
Heiress➦
A woman who has a right of inheritance or who stands to inherit.
0
ADVERTISEMENT
Heir➦
One who receives or is expected to receive a heritage, as of ideas, from a predecessor.
0
Heiress➦
A woman who has received an inheritance.
0
Heir➦
Someone who inherits, or is designated to inherit, the property of another.
0
Heiress➦
A female heir.
0
Heir➦
One who inherits, or has been designated to inherit, a hereditary title or office.
As the heir to the British throne, the Prince of Wales is a very public figure.
0
Heiress➦
a female heir
0
ADVERTISEMENT
Heir➦
A successor in a role, representing continuity with the predecessor.
0
Heir➦
(ambitransitive) To inherit.
0
Heir➦
One who inherits, or is entitled to succeed to the possession of, any property after the death of its owner; one on whom the law bestows the title or property of another at the death of the latter.
I am my father's heir and only son.
0
Heir➦
One who receives any endowment from an ancestor or relation; as, the heir of one's reputation or virtues.
And I his heir in misery alone.
0
Heir➦
To inherit; to succeed to.
One only daughter heired the royal state.
0
Heir➦
a person who is entitled by law or by the terms of a will to inherit the estate of another
0
Heir➦
a person who inherits some title or office
0
