A young, attractive woman married to an older, more powerful man.

His role in the relationship is to be her sugar daddy and provide her with power and material wealth. Hers, beyond providing sex, is to remind others that he is powerful or rich enough to be desirable to such a woman despite his age and thus to serve as a marker of this status -- hence the "trophy" part. A specialized type of gold digger.

a woman who marries for money and sits at home all day looking pretty

A typically educated girl who marries rich and is a home maker or who's roll is to stay home and look pretty, play tennis, do charity etc. Lots of girls now a days go through college then take this roll because they are the perfect girl for a certain person and would rather spend their time at home and let their husband bring home the bread. They are the girly girls.

Any one of Donald Trump's current of former wives.

Stupid bimbo, who sits at home all day giving out to the pool boy, while reading Hello! and OK magazine, because her own life is so pathetic. Drives a Mercedes ML, whiles husband is out impregnating secetaries and air hostesses. Most likely deserve to die. Reside in the D4 area, sit on school parent's committees, and do charity work to make up for €5,000 BTs shopping spree they did the previous day. Mould daughters into themselves so that they will grow up lonely and empty. Often pregnant at the age of nineteen, always blaming it on the condom.

She's educated, dedicates her days to bettering her community through charity work and philanthropy, she has impeccable manners and etiquette, and uses her status to better those around her and manages to look amazing while doing so. Trophy wives do three things: lunch, tennis, and their rich sexy husbands.

A tophy wife is a woman in a May to December marriage that sees Christmas presents in December. A trophy wife believes that when she gets a swatch of mink and a plane ticket to New York City to get the matching coat, that he is really that romantic, and his secretary doens't know him better than she does. A trophy wife needs a nanny and she still can't cook, and a nanny means the sex isn't as good anymore, so if she's really smart, she'll adopt. A trophy wife is dependent and so is he; he has lost his fire and life has become too routine. A trophy wife means his ex is dating younger men.