millionairess

[ mil-yuh-nair-is ]

noun

1. a woman who is a millionaire.
2. the wife of a millionaire.

Gender Note

See -ess.

Word History and Origins

Origin of millionairess¹

First recorded in 1880–85; millionaire + -ess

Example Sentences

A man who killed his millionairess wife with a claw hammer has lost a court bid to be freed from prison.

From BBC

Brown killed the millionairess at her home within earshot of their two children, then aged nine and 10, a court previously heard.

From BBC

Romance strikes when a vacationing millionairess and her daughter spend their vacation at a posh New England resort.

From Los Angeles Times

Since then, she’s been a frequent extra with roles including an upscale patron at a party, restaurant diner, hospital visitor concertgoer, pedestrian, “millionairess condo owner,” wedding guest and funeral mourner, she said.

From Forbes

Yet one-third of America’s millionaires are actually millionairesses.

From Forbes