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lioness

[ lahy-uh-nis ]

noun

  1. a female lion.


lioness

/ ˈlaɪənɪs /

noun

  1. a female lion


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Word History and Origins

Origin of lioness1

1250–1300; Middle English liones, leonesse < Middle French lion ( n ) esse. See lion, -ess

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Example Sentences

I was expecting this timid little-bird kiss, like a little peck, but she was like a lioness—she practically ate my head off!

And that sense of the lioness in winter may account for the softening views of Hillary.

Chris Lee reviews her posthumous song collection Lioness: Hidden Treasures.

But Lioness holds many unexpected pleasures even for people who do not self-identify as Winehouse completists.

A Lioness plays dumb in life, too, disarming others in business, if not in love, where she prefers “cat and mouse.”

And say: Why did thy mother the lioness lie down among the lions, and bring up her whelps in the midst of young lions?

They know that I am a lioness defending her young, and that I alone prevent their daring hands from seizing your crown.

A lioness died, and left two little lion-cubs with no one to take care of them.

The female, like the lioness, however, produces four or five cubs at a time.

He was a young British army officer who was mauled by a lioness several months ago in Somaliland.

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