| 词汇 | heiress |
| 释义 | heiress noun[ C ] uk /ˈeə.res/ us /ˈer.es/ a woman or girl who will receive or already has received a lot of money, property, or a title from another person, especially an older member of the same family, when that person dies: 女继承人，嗣女 heiress tothe heiress to the throne王位的女继承人 a Texan oil heiress得克萨斯石油的继承人 Compare heir Inheriting & bequeathing assign beneficiary bequeath bequest cadger co-executor executrix heir heir apparent heirless heirloom inherit inheritance legacy patrimony pond life pond scum primogeniture probate settle Examples of heiressheiress Likewise, though both wealthy heiresses are willfully independent, they freely redeem their neighbors' estates after the false courtship has been revealed. One might have expected that women who were the only child of the family to marry would, as heiresses, have married younger. Unlike their forerunners, they could not look to a profusion of heiresses nor to the rewards of office to propel their rise. In the case of heiresses, they were able to attract men to move in with them in what is often called an "uxorilocal marriage". According to the legislation, an heir or heiress with a larger share could buy out the others if the farm was too small to divide. A base action was set up in which a younger son courts an heiress for her dowry. Moreover, when headship passed to an heiress, it usually passed to her husband. However, the remaining heirs include two women and three sons-in-law, or the adopted spouses of heiresses. This circumstance allowed the possibility of an heir and an heiress marrying, which would result in the unification of their patrimonies. Occupational endogamy appears to have been of particular importance in the marriages of heiresses. With heiresses, there was the added dimension of guaranteeing there would be an adult male to administer the property, especially when the parents were already deceased. So, on an indictment for the fraudulent abduction of an heiress, the lady has been admitted as a witness for the prosecution. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He possibly may marry an heiress, and would therefore in these circumstances be in a position to maintain the property for a short time. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In the old days one of the favourite local hobbies of the lads of the village was abducting wealthy heiresses. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Imagine the heiress of a millionaire who has had an impromptu affair with a bricklayer—such things have happened and will continue to happen. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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