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heirless

heirless adjective: without an heir.

Adjective

heirless (not comparable)

  1. Without an heir.
    • A number of Western European countries, led by Germany, carried out far-reaching measures to provide restitution of Nazi-looted properties in the aftermath of World War II, including setting up commissions to deal with heirless property and communal property illegally seized during the war.2009 August 2, Dan Bilefsky, “Hurdles in Eastern Europe Thwart Restitution Claims”, in New York Times

heirless meaning in Tamil and Urdu

heirless in Tamil

வாரிசற்ற, மரபுரிமையற்ற

heirless in Urdu

heirless, orphan
لاوارث lāvāris

Origin of heirless

From Middle English eireles; equivalent to heir + -less.

Words formed from heirless

Questions about heirless

What does heirless mean?
Heirless means without an heir.
What is heirless in Tamil?
Heirless in Tamil is வாரிசற்ற, மரபுரிமையற்ற. See Heirless meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is heirless?
Heirless is an adjective.

Words near heirless in the dictionary

  1. heiresshood
  2. heirhead
  3. heirheads
  4. heirhood
  5. heiring
  6. heirless
  7. heirlessness
  8. heirling
  9. heirlings
  10. heirloom
  11. heirlooms

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: heirless (page history and authors); heirless (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); لاوارث (Urdu) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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