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English

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Alioness.

Etymology

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FromMiddle Englishleonesse,lyonesse, fromOld Frenchleonesse,lionesse; equivalent tolion +‎-ess.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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lioness (plurallionesses)

  2. Afemalelion(animal).
    Synonym:(idiomatic)queen of beasts
    • 2023 July 20, Philip Oltermann, “Lioness believed to be on loose in Berlin”, inThe Guardian‎[1],→ISSN:
      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 escapedlioness.
  3. (figurative) A femalelion(famous person regarded with interest and curiosity).
    • 1877,The Contemporary Review, volume29, page1123:
      The stories were a tremendous success; she was one of the leadinglionesses of London literary society.
    • 2005 August 19, James Sturcke, quoting Stuart Bell, “Mowlam a political ‘lioness’”, inThe Guardian‎[2],→ISSN:
      The Middlesbrough Labour MP, Stuart Bell, a political and personal friend, said: "Mo was alioness both in terms of the Labour party and politics nationally. She cut to the quick with any issue and proved herself a stateswoman of the highest order when seeking to negotiate the Northern Ireland Good Friday agreement.
    • 2023 October 6, “Memorial honors trailblazing senator Dianne Feinstein: ‘She was a lioness’”, inThe Guardian‎[3], sourced from Associated Press,→ISSN:
      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 alioness.”
  4. (Oxford Universityslang, obsolete) Afemalevisitor to astudent at Oxford, especially during commemoration week.
    • 1871, John Cordy Jeaffreson,Annals of Oxford, page305:
      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,[…]
    • 1888, Thomas Hughes,Tom Brown at Oxford, page271:
      "Now, boys, keep your eyes open, there must be plenty oflionesses about;" and thus warned, the whole load, including the cornopean player, were on the look-out for lady visitors, profanely called lionesses, all the way up the street.

Derived terms

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Translations

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female lion
famous person

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