noun
lioness
LEYE-uh-nihs
noun
1
A female lion.
"The lioness led the hunt while the males rested."
How to Use Lioness
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishA female lion.
Common pairings
a fierce lioness
lioness and her cubs
Word Forms
lionesses plural, Lionesses plural
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Etymology
From Old French lionesse, formed from lion plus the feminine suffix -ess.