leopardess

[lep-er-dis]

noun

1. a female leopard.

Gender Note

See -ess.

Word History and Origins

Origin of leopardess¹

First recorded in 1560–70; leopard + -ess

Example Sentences

Nature The new episode “The Leopard Legacy” relates the family saga of a powerful leopardess that rules over a large realm along the Luangwa River of Zambia.

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"When I think of the things he said about her at first: 'female leopardess,' and 'did you take him for a lion tamer?'"

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"A fine lass that," said the man who sat nearest him, as the barmaid moved across the room, with the force and rude grace of a leopardess.

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When she comes into a room she makes an impression the same as the beauty of a leopardess....

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As he looked in to her eyes he fancied that he saw a young leopardess from an African jungle looking at him through the lithe, graceful form of a Southern woman.

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