Definition of "lionesses" []

• Plural form of lioness. (noun)

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• "Of all the animal kingdom, the relationship between females among lionesses, is one of the most remarkable."
• ""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."
• "When we recall, in addition, that the Egyptian women were spoken of as "lionesses," the credibility of the foregoing interpretation is still further reduced."