In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
heiress, inheritress, inheritrix
(noun) a female heir
Source: WordNet® 3.1
heiress (plural heiresses)
A woman who has a right of inheritance or who stands to inherit.
A woman who has received an inheritance.
• Heisers, reishes
Source: Wiktionary
Heir"ess, n
Definition: , A female heir.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
22 May 2025
(noun) a strong post (as on a wharf or quay or ship for attaching mooring lines); “the road was closed to vehicular traffic with bollards”
In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.