Lions Club

British

noun

any of the local clubs that form the International Association of Lions Clubs, formed in the US in 1917 to foster local and international good relations and service to the community

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On its website the Lions Club, an international health and environment charity, says it has 1.4 million members across the world.

From Barron's • Oct. 22, 2025

He was one of the founders of the Vietnamese American Chamber of Commerce and the Vietnamese American Lions Club in Westminster.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 29, 2025

Hastings Lions Club, which organises the half marathon, thanked people for their "patience and understanding".

From BBC • Mar. 23, 2025

PLAINS, Ga. — Linda Campbell decorated the Lions Club Christmas tree in her small hometown just as she would any other Thanksgiving week, but this was no ordinary Monday in late November.

From Washington Times • Nov. 20, 2023

He was simply having lunch with the Lions Club, of which he was past president now.

From "Slaughterhouse-Five" by Kurt Vonnegut

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