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- noun Plural form of
lioness .
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Examples
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Of all the animal kingdom, the relationship between females among lionesses, is one of the most remarkable.
My Art and My Life 1986
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"Now, boys, keep your eyes open, there must be plenty of lionesses 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.
Tom Brown at Oxford Thomas Hughes 1859
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When we recall, in addition, that the Egyptian women were spoken of as "lionesses," the credibility of the foregoing interpretation is still further reduced.
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Filmmakers Meg McLagen and Daria Sommers profile five such soldiers, the "lionesses" of the Iraq war, to examine the role women play in the modern American military, and their impact not only on the war itself, but the impact of that role on their own lives.
DCist 2009
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Natural enemies in the form of crocodiles, a herd of wild buffalo and a large, competitive pride of lionesses which could kill her cubs: lack of manageable prey comprises her ability to successfully hunt for and feed them with her milk.
Jay Weston: Thrilling Docudrama The Last Lions Opens in LA Jay Weston 2011
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Natural enemies in the form of crocodiles, a herd of wild buffalo and a large, competitive pride of lionesses which could kill her cubs: lack of manageable prey comprises her ability to successfully hunt for and feed them with her milk.
Jay Weston: Thrilling Docudrama The Last Lions Opens in LA Jay Weston 2011
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Kings of the jungle Tombo and Tonyi are joined by two lionesses in the exhibit.
Invisible Lion Cages 2009
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Natural enemies in the form of crocodiles, a herd of wild buffalo and a large, competitive pride of lionesses which could kill her cubs: lack of manageable prey comprises her ability to successfully hunt for and feed them with her milk.
Jay Weston: Thrilling Docudrama The Last Lions Opens in LA Jay Weston 2011
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In contrast to leaders who reckoned the English language was imperialist, Ambedkar once called English the "milk of lionesses."
The Untouchable Case for Indian Capitalism B. Chandrasekaran 2011
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And then suddenly, there are these random starved-looking lions and lionesses who believe that Scar should have been ruler.
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