Lioness

//ˈlaɪ.ə.nɪs// noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A female lion (animal).

    "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."

  2. 2
    A player for England women's national football team
  3. 3
    a female lion wordnet
  4. 4
    A female lion (famous person regarded with interest and curiosity). figuratively

    "The stories were a tremendous success; she was one of the leading lionesses of London literary society."

  5. 5
    A female visitor to a student at Oxford, especially during commemoration week. obsolete

    "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, […]"

Etymology

From Middle English leonesse, lyonesse, from Old French leonesse, lionesse; equivalent to lion + -ess.

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