noun
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a female tiger
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a fierce, cruel, or wildly passionate woman
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Etymology
Origin of tigress
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“Tiger With Cubs” depicts a tigress nursing her young under pine trees as magpies heckle them.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 12, 2025
But Knight, Larraín, and Jolie are all careful to avoid reducing Callas to an over-the-top ableist stereotype or portraying her as the ruthless prima donna tigress the media painted her as.
From Salon ● Sep. 28, 2024
"The young tigress is one of thousands of big cats that fall victim to the commercial illegal trade in Europe every year," the group said.
From Reuters ● Jul. 27, 2023
He did so, returning on the back of a tigress.
From Scientific American ● Apr. 22, 2023
His dæmon, Lyra thought, would have the form of a tigress, and she shrank back from the anger she imagined the great animal to show.
From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman
Arrowhead's legendary status comes partly from her lineage; she is the daughter of Krishna and granddaughter of Machli - majestic tigresses who, once upon a time, dominated vast home ranges in Ranthambore with ferocity.
From BBC ● Jun. 24, 2025
To maintain a constant supply of babies, tigresses were forced to churn out litter after litter.
From National Geographic ● Nov. 2, 2023
While most tigresses keep their cubs with them for more than two years, Collarwali encouraged them to become independent earlier by leaving them in areas where there was abundant prey.
From BBC ● Jan. 17, 2022
The face-licking meekness of a lion named Duke who fell in love with two tigresses named Venus and Ruth almost spoiled Clyde Beatty's act but did not change the rule.
From Time Magazine Archive
This, let me tell you, is what comes of meddling with tawny-haired tigresses, who harass a man out of individuality, and then die or abscond, leaving him like the last cactus of summer.
From Such Is Life by Joseph Furphy
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