Definition of "heiresses" []

• Plural form of heiress. (noun)

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• "These considerations, beside the fact that the young ladies were what is usually termed heiresses, though not to a very great amount, secured to them a high position in the best society which"
• "At another dinner one of the guests of the prince suddenly shot at me across the table the startling question: "Do you know certain American heiresses" —naming them— "now visiting London?""
• "At another dinner one of the guests of the prince suddenly shot at me across the table the startling question: "Do you know certain American heiresses" -- naming them -- "now visiting London?""