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lionesses

lionesses is the plural of lioness.

Meaning of lioness

Noun

lioness (plural lionesses)

  1. A female lion (animal).
    • Residents on the south-western outskirts of Berlin are being urged to stay indoors after overnight sightings of a “loose, dangerous animal”, suspected to be an escaped lioness.2023 July 20, Philip Oltermann, “Lioness believed to be on loose in Berlin”, in The Guardian, →ISSN, archived from the original on 04 Aug 2023
    Synonyms:
    queen of beasts
  2. (figuratively) A female lion (famous person regarded with interest and curiosity).
    • The stories were a tremendous success; she was one of the leading lionesses of London literary society.1877, The Contemporary Review, volume 29, page 1123
  3. (obsolete, Oxford University slang) A female visitor to a student at Oxford, especially during commemoration week.
    • When "lionesses" visiting Oxford for the gay doings of commemoration week spend a morning at Merton, they should look out for Antony Wood's mural tablet in the chapel, […]1871, John Cordy Jeaffreson, Annals of Oxford, page 305

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Noun (1) capitalized: Lionesses

Lionesses

  1. (plural) plural of Lioness

Noun (2) capitalized: Lionesses

the Lionesses pl (plural only)

  1. (informal, plural, plural-only) England women's national football team
    • The Lionesses were given their biggest test of the year by a talented, albeit injury-hit, Brazilian side but delivered more silverware as their momentum continues to gather pace before this summer's World Cup in Australia and New Zealand.2023 April 6, Emma Sanders, “Women's Finalissima:England beat Brazil in dramatic shootout”, in BBC Sport
    • Weakened by a string of injuries and the retirement of star players, the Euro 2022-winning Lionesses will need luck on their side to stop the USA lifting their third successive title[.]2023 July 15, Suzanne Wrack, “Can the England women’s football team pull off the World Cup dream?”, in The Observer, →ISSN

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Questions about lionesses

What does lionesses mean?
Lionesses means england women's national football team.
What is lionesses the plural of?
Lionesses is the plural of lioness.
What part of speech is lionesses?
Lionesses is a noun.

Words near lionesses in the dictionary

  1. lionel
  2. lionels
  3. lionesque
  4. lionesquely
  5. lioness
  6. lionesses
  7. lionesslike
  8. lionet
  9. lionets
  10. lionfish
  11. lionfishes

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Adapted from Wiktionary: lionesses (page history and authors); Lionesses (page history and authors); lioness (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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