Lioness
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈlaɪ.ə.nɪs/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Lioness is a noun meaning A female lion (animal).
Meaning
A female lion (animal).
More Meanings
- (figurative) A female lion (famous person regarded with interest and curiosity).
- (Oxford University slang, obsolete) A female visitor to a student at Oxford, especially during commemoration week.
Example Sentences
The stories were a tremendous success; she was one of the leading lionesses of London literary society.
When "lionesses" visiting Oxford for the gay doings of commemoration week spend a morning at Merton, they should look out for Antony Wood's mural tablet in the chapel, […]
The social worker said she talked to her 28-year-old daughter about the battles Feinstein fought so that younger generations of women could dream bigger. “She was a lioness.”
Residents on the south-western outskirts of Berlin are being urged to stay indoors after overnight sightings of a “loose, dangerous animal”, suspected to be an escaped lioness.
Word Forms
- lionesses
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include lion, leopardess, wolfess, werelioness, liliger, ligress.
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