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trophy husband

trophy husband noun: a husband, usually young and attractive, regarded as a status symbol for his spouse, usually older and affluent.

Noun

trophy husband (plural trophy husbands)

  1. A husband, usually young and attractive, regarded as a status symbol for his spouse, usually older and affluent.
    • “No wonder you’re attracted to Marvelli. A good-looking guy, at least ten years younger than you—what’s not to like? He’d make a good trophy husband. You could show him off at feebie cocktail parties in D.C.”1998, Anthony Bruno, chapter 35, in Double Expresso, Tom Doherty Associates, page 242
    • Kate was a forever kind of woman. She didn’t take love lightly, and she wouldn’t give it that way, either. She wasn’t a bimbo looking for a meal ticket or a trophy husband. She was the kindest, warmest, most decent human being he’d ever met, and she’d done everything in her power to try to win his...1998, Robin Wells, chapter 11, in Nine-to-Five Bride, Silhouette Books, page 176

Examples of trophy husband in a sentence

  • She wasn’t a bimbo looking for a meal ticket or a trophy husband.1998, Robin Wells, chapter 11, in Nine-to-Five Bride, Silhouette Books, page 176:
  • He felt like a trophy husband, and the way my family treated him wasn’t helping much either.”2015, Kevin Kwan, chapter 15, in China Rich Girlfriend, Doubleday, page 265:

Forms of trophy husband

pluraltrophy husbands

Origin of trophy husband

By analogy with trophy wife.

Questions about trophy husband

What does trophy husband mean?
Trophy husband means a husband, usually young and attractive, regarded as a status symbol for his spouse, usually older and affluent.
How do you use trophy husband in a sentence?
She wasn’t a bimbo looking for a meal ticket or a trophy husband.
What part of speech is trophy husband?
Trophy husband is a noun.
What is the plural of trophy husband?
The plural of trophy husband is trophy husbands.

Words near trophy husband in the dictionary

  1. trophy hunted
  2. trophy hunter
  3. trophy hunters
  4. trophy hunting
  5. trophy hunts
  6. trophy husband
  7. trophy husbands
  8. trophy money
  9. trophy partner
  10. trophy partners
  11. trophy room

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