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heiresses apparent

heiresses apparent is the plural of heiress apparent.

Meaning of heiress apparent

Noun

heiress apparent (plural heiresses apparent)

  1. A female heir apparent.
    • “Dear me!” said I, “what a sweeping charge of folly you are bringing against nearly the whole sex, which, after all, is only another version of what I said, namely, that women were great fools to marry. I have no doubt there are exceptions, and that the poor Princess Charlotte, for instance, found...1851, [Rosina] Bulwer Lytton, chapter IV, in Miriam Sedley; or, The Tares and the Wheat. A Tale of Real Life., volume III, London: W[illiam] Shoberl, […], pages 140–141

Questions about heiresses apparent

What is heiresses apparent the plural of?
Heiresses apparent is the plural of heiress apparent.

Words near heiresses apparent in the dictionary

  1. heiress presumptive
  2. heiress-apparent
  3. heiress-presumptive
  4. heiressdom
  5. heiresses
  6. heiresses apparent
  7. heiresses presumptive
  8. heiresses-apparent
  9. heiresses-presumptive
  10. heiresshood
  11. heirhead

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