proprietress

noun

pro·pri·e·tress prə-ˈprī-ə-trəs

prō-

: a woman who is a proprietor

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The resilient Madame Marx is currently the proprietress of America's only mail-order course in classical ballet. — Michael Barnes, Austin American-Statesman, 17 Jan. 2024 At the boardinghouse, proprietress Fräulein Schneider and her Jewish tenant, Herr Schultz, who owns a fruit store, begin a serious romance with plans to marry. — Oline Cogdill, Sun Sentinel, 3 Apr. 2024 During her first bombing, Ginny had run for shelter into a perfume shop, where the proprietress methodically moved each bottle from the streetfront vitrine into a neat line on the floor as the dust from the percussive bombs blotted out the sun. — Literary Hub, 24 Feb. 2026 Whitney Cardozo is the chef and proprietress of Chez Foushee in Richmond, VA and the owner of vintage glassware shop, Chez at Home. — Heather Bien, Southern Living, 7 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for proprietress

Word History

Etymology

propriet(o)r + -ess

First Known Use

1692, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of proprietress was in 1692

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