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lioness [lahy-uh-nis] ExamplesWord Origin See more synonyms for lioness on Thesaurus.com noun
- a female lion.
Origin of lioness 1250–1300; Middle English liones, leonesse Middle French lion(n)esse. See lion, -ess Related Words for lioness cougar, wildcat, cat, puma, griffin, lioness, leo, simba Examples from the Web for lioness Contemporary Examples of lioness
I was expecting this timid little-bird kiss, like a little peck, but she was like a lioness—she practically ate my head off!
NCIS’s 11th Anniversary: Michael Weatherly’s Top 10 Moments
Michael Weatherly
September 23, 2013
And that sense of the lioness in winter may account for the softening views of Hillary.
How Hillary Clinton Got Hot After Years of Being Stuck With a Cold Image
Howard Kurtz
April 13, 2012
Chris Lee reviews her posthumous song collection Lioness: Hidden Treasures.
Amy Winehouse’s Soul-Searing Final Album, ‘Lioness: Hidden Treasures’
Chris Lee
December 6, 2011
But Lioness holds many unexpected pleasures even for people who do not self-identify as Winehouse completists.
Amy Winehouse’s Soul-Searing Final Album, ‘Lioness: Hidden Treasures’
Chris Lee
December 6, 2011
A Lioness plays dumb in life, too, disarming others in business, if not in love, where she prefers “cat and mouse.”
Starsky + Cox
August 13, 2011
Historical Examples of lioness
Instead she was a lioness, watching over and protecting her sick mate.
Edgar Rice Burroughs
She thus became the destroyer of mankind in her lioness avatar as Sekhet.
G. Elliot Smith
Her face is that of a lioness, and she is suckling two young lions at her breasts.
The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria
Morris Jastrow
The Lioness came up, and bitterly lamented the death of her whelp.
Aesop
Quarter of an hour later they reached the spot where they had shot the lioness.
Dave Porter in the Gold Fields
Edward Stratemeyer
British Dictionary definitions for lioness lioness noun
- a female lion
Word Origin and History for lioness n.