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co-heiress
noun[ C ]
(alsocoheiress)uk /ˌkəʊˈeə.res/ us /ˌkoʊˈer.es/
someone who is an heiress(= a woman or girl who legally receives money, property, etc. from someone when they die) together with one or more other women or girls:
co-heiress ofShe was one of two daughters and co-heiresses of Sir Ivo Fitzwaryn.
See also
co-heir
He had married one of Warwick's coheiresses.
His three daughters were his coheiresses.
The wife was a co-heiress with the children.
His first wife, Margery, was one of four daughters and co-heiresses of Henry Grapinel, a landowner .
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