millionairess

American  

[mil-yuh-nair-is] / ˌmɪl yəˈnɛər ɪs /

noun

1. a woman who is a millionaire.

2. the wife of a millionaire.

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Gender

See -ess.

Etymology

Origin of millionairess

First recorded in 1880–85; millionaire + -ess

Example Sentences

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

"He deprived me of being a millionairess," she joked.

From BBC

When we had the ticket confirmed as a winning raffle number the lady from Camelot said to me, 'congratulations, you're a millionairess' and I just sat on the floor, laughed and cried.

From BBC