A proprietress is a woman who owns a business — the old gendered pair of proprietor. You meet it on old hotel signs, in novels, in stories about a boarding house or a little shop.

A proprietress女店主、女老闆 is是 a woman who owns a business擁有生意的女性—— the old gendered pair of proprietor是 proprietor 的舊式陰性說法。You你 meet it會 on old hotel signs在老旅館招牌上、 in novels小說裡、 in stories about a boarding house or a little shop關於寄宿公寓或小店的故事裡遇到它。

Though actually, most people now just say proprietor for a woman as well. Using -ess makes the gender the point, and many women who own shops do not want that extra label.

Though actually不過其實， most people now現在大部分人 just say proprietor for a woman as well對女性也只說 proprietor。Using -ess用 -ess makes the gender the point會把性別變成重點， and而 many women who own shops很多開店的女性 do not want that extra label不想要這個多出來的標籤。

It is not wrong; it is dated. If you use it today, you are choosing an older voice, not a more correct one.

It它 is not wrong不是錯的； it它 is dated只是過時了。If you use it today如果你今天還用它， you你 are choosing an older voice選的是一種比較舊的語氣， not a more correct one不是比較正確的說法。

The same thing happened to actress for some speakers, but proprietress has faded further: in a modern news story, a woman who owns a café is almost always the proprietor, or simply the owner.

The same thing同樣的事 happened to actress for some speakers也發生在 actress 身上，對有些說話者來說是這樣， but但 proprietress不過 proprietress has faded further褪色得更嚴重： in a modern news story在現代新聞報導裡， a woman who owns a café擁有咖啡店的女性 is almost always幾乎都被叫做 the proprietor, or simply the owner proprietor，或直接叫 owner。