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heirhead

heirhead noun: the foolish heir to a large fortune.

Noun

heirhead (plural heirheads)

  1. (derogatory, slang) The foolish heir to a large fortune.
    • St. Andrews — in case you're not up on such weighty matters — is the hoity-toity school where the heirhead they call Wills (ain't that cute) will soon begin studying for his history of art degree.2000 November 14, Weekly World News, volume 22, number 8, page 12
    • It would seem easy to write him off as another playboy who has managed to date his way to B-list stardom in the sketchy tradition of pampered heirheads like Paris Latsis, Brandon Davis and Stavros Niarchos.2007 April 29, Lola Ogunnaike, “DJ AM: His Life, Times, Shoes”, in New York Times

Forms of heirhead

pluralheirheads

Origin of heirhead

Blend of heir + airhead.

Questions about heirhead

What does heirhead mean?
Heirhead means the foolish heir to a large fortune.
What part of speech is heirhead?
Heirhead is a noun.
What is the plural of heirhead?
The plural of heirhead is heirheads.

Words near heirhead in the dictionary

  1. heiresses apparent
  2. heiresses presumptive
  3. heiresses-apparent
  4. heiresses-presumptive
  5. heiresshood
  6. heirhead
  7. heirheads
  8. heirhood
  9. heiring
  10. heirless
  11. heirlessness

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