lioness

[ lahy-uh-nis ]

/ ˈlaɪ ə nɪs /

a female lion.

Origin of lioness

1250–1300; Middle English liones, leonesse < Middle French lion(n)esse. See lion, -ess

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 |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

lioness

/ (ˈlaɪənɪs) /

a female lion