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Origin of lioness1250–1300; Middle English liones, leonesse<Middle French lion(n)esse.See lion, -ess Words nearby lionessLinz, Linzer torte, lion, lioncel, Lionel, lioness, lionet, lionfish, lionheart, lionhearted, lionize Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for lionessI 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|DAILY BEAST 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|DAILY BEAST 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|DAILY BEAST 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|DAILY BEAST
A Lioness plays dumb in life, too, disarming others in business, if not in love, where she prefers “cat and mouse.” The Stars Predict Your Week|Starsky + Cox|August 13, 2011|DAILY BEAST It was all done in a second; the chandelier fell, the cage opened, and the lioness sprang out. Peter Simple|Frederick Marryat Rushing to the breach, she fought with the desperate bravery of a lioness deprived of her cubs, slaying and wounding on all sides. Female Warriors, Vol. I (of 2)|Ellen C. Clayton Rose had met her a number of times before the incident referred to happened, but had always surveyed the lioness from afar. The Real Adventure|Henry Kitchell Webster We went to supper afterwards at Mrs. Parkman's, and saw the lioness feed. Louisa May Alcott|Louisa May Alcott My pony, however, began to pirouette round in circles, and before I could get him in hand the lioness bounded away. Motor Matt's Peril, or, Cast Away in the Bahamas|Stanley R. Matthews
British Dictionary definitions for lionessCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to lionesscougar, wildcat, cat, puma, griffin, leo, simba |