inheritrix

[ in-her-i-triks ]

noun

, Law.

, plural in·her·i·tri·ces [in-her-i-, trahy, -seez].

1. a woman who inherits; heiress.

Gender Note

See -trix, -ess.

Word History and Origins

Origin of inheritrix¹

First recorded in 1475–85; inheri(tor) + -trix

Example Sentences

Her unswerving creed was that woman was the inheritrix of the earth, the reversion of which she had wilfully mortgaged to an alien race, and that she had bartered her material immortality for a sensation.

From Project Gutenberg

You are worthy to be the inheritrix of all I know.

From Project Gutenberg