An heir is an heir. There is no gender for the word heir. The only time you come into gender specific terms are in the will with Testator (male) and Testatrix (female) as well as Executor (male) and Executrix (female). as far as an heir is it not gender specific as well as an heir is a beneficiary of someone's property, etc.
A female heir is called an heiress. An heir inherits wealth and benefits from a benefactor. Males are called heirs.
The "gender of heir" when referred to in an Estate, is a question asking weather the person being left an inheritance is male or female.
I think the word you're trying to think of is heiress, but it's not used in a legal sense, as the answer below explains.
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The female heir is called the heiress.
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An Heiress.
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The opposite of heir is heiress. Heir is the male beneficiary while a heiress refers to a female who is to inherit wealth.
no heir = male heiress = female
If you looked in most dictionaries you would find that a female heir was traditionally called an heiress.
The feminine version of heir is heiress.
One alternative term for a female heir is "heiress".
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The noun for a male is an heir; the noun for a female is an heiress.