lioness
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of lioness
1250–1300; Middle English liones, leonesse < Middle French lion ( n ) esse. See lion, -ess
Example Sentences
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A small number of London Overground Lioness Line services from Euston will partially operate on Good Friday and Easter Monday.
From BBC • Apr. 2, 2026
Former Lioness Karen Carney has been crowned this year's Strictly Come Dancing winner, becoming the first footballer to lift the glitterball trophy.
From BBC • Dec. 20, 2025
These include Banksy’s shredded “Girl without Balloon,” a 5,000-year-old Mesopotamian sculpture known as the Guennol Lioness and several paintings including Andy Warhol’s “Shot Orange Marilyn” and Jasper Johns’s “False Start.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 17, 2025
Separately, the singer Mina Lioness claimed Lizzo had lifted Truth Hurts' viral lyric, "I just took a DNA test, turns out I'm 100% that bitch", from one of her social media posts.
From BBC • Oct. 22, 2025
‘You’re the Lioness’s daughter. And the Lioness was a survivor.”
From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir
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