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heritresses

heritresses is the plural of heritress.

Meaning of heritress

Noun

heritress (plural heritresses)

  1. 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;1839 February, H[enry] W[illiam] Herbert, “The Saxon Prelate’s Doom”, in The Ladies’ Companion, a Monthly Magazine, Embracing Every Department of Literature, volume X, New York, N.Y.: William W....
    Synonyms:
    heiress, heritrix

Questions about heritresses

What is heritresses the plural of?
Heritresses is the plural of heritress.

Words near heritresses in the dictionary

  1. heritor
  2. heritors
  3. heritour
  4. heritours
  5. heritress
  6. heritresses
  7. heritrices
  8. heritrix
  9. heritrixes
  10. herkara
  11. herkaras

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