: a woman who is an heir especially to great wealth
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The sellers of Carson’s former property are venture capitalist Riaz Valani and his wife, Hard Rock Cafe heiress Augusta Tigrett, who paid $40 million for the property in 2019.
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Katie Schultz, Architectural Digest, 19 Sep. 2025
Putnam liked that idea, and a wealthy benefactor, steel heiress Amy Phipps Guest, provided financial support for the feat—really more of a publicity stunt, since Putnam's plan, as always, was to publish a scintillating memoir of the journey.
—ArsTechnica, 17 Sep. 2025
As Mary’s family attempts to rally around the Downton heiress, Robert (Hugh Bonneville) and Cora (Elizabeth McGovern) are navigating their way through more financial strife, with those downstairs also left to ponder what the future holds for aristocratic homes like theirs.
—Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 16 Sep. 2025
That world is where Downton's Cora Crawley (Elizabeth McGovern) comes from, once a young American heiress who married into the British aristocracy to help preserve the Downton estate with her dowry.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, Entertainment Weekly, 15 Sep. 2025
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Katie Schultz, Architectural Digest, 19 Sep. 2025
Putnam liked that idea, and a wealthy benefactor, steel heiress Amy Phipps Guest, provided financial support for the feat—really more of a publicity stunt, since Putnam's plan, as always, was to publish a scintillating memoir of the journey.
—ArsTechnica, 17 Sep. 2025
As Mary’s family attempts to rally around the Downton heiress, Robert (Hugh Bonneville) and Cora (Elizabeth McGovern) are navigating their way through more financial strife, with those downstairs also left to ponder what the future holds for aristocratic homes like theirs.
—Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 16 Sep. 2025
That world is where Downton's Cora Crawley (Elizabeth McGovern) comes from, once a young American heiress who married into the British aristocracy to help preserve the Downton estate with her dowry.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, Entertainment Weekly, 15 Sep. 2025
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“Heiress.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/heiress. Accessed 22 Sep. 2025.
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heiress
noun
heir·ess
ˈar-əs 
ˈer-
: a girl or woman who is an heir
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