: a woman who is an heir especially to great wealth
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Insiders say issues began as far back as Brooklyn’s 2022 wedding to Palm Beach heiress-actress Nicola Peltz.
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Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 27 Dec. 2025
Tisch, heiress to the Loews family fortune, is a career public servant who previously served as commissioner for the sanitation department and the city’s chief technology officer.
—Mark Morales, CNN Money, 27 Dec. 2025
That year, the court upheld a prenup between a German paper-company heiress and her ex-husband, an Oxford researcher making thirty thousand pounds a year.
—Jennifer Wilson, New Yorker, 22 Dec. 2025
The family didn't gain a new addition until April 2022, when Brooklyn wed billionaire heiress Nicola Peltz Beckham, seemingly to everyone's delight.
—Glamour, 21 Dec. 2025
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Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 27 Dec. 2025
Tisch, heiress to the Loews family fortune, is a career public servant who previously served as commissioner for the sanitation department and the city’s chief technology officer.
—Mark Morales, CNN Money, 27 Dec. 2025
That year, the court upheld a prenup between a German paper-company heiress and her ex-husband, an Oxford researcher making thirty thousand pounds a year.
—Jennifer Wilson, New Yorker, 22 Dec. 2025
The family didn't gain a new addition until April 2022, when Brooklyn wed billionaire heiress Nicola Peltz Beckham, seemingly to everyone's delight.
—Glamour, 21 Dec. 2025
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“Heiress.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/heiress. Accessed 1 Jan. 2026.
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heiress
noun
heir·ess
ˈar-əs 
ˈer-
: a girl or woman who is an heir
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