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red lion

red lion noun: the puma.

Noun

red lion (plural red lions)

  1. (Canada, US) The puma.

Proper noun capitalized: Red Lion

Red Lion

  1. A locality in the Shire of Central Goldfields, central Victoria, Australia
  2. Any of many roadhouses or public houses, past or present, in Anglophone countries; calques exist in other lands and languages as well.

Forms of red lion

pluralred lions

Origin of red lion

By proprialization from red lion. The pub names reflect the heraldic use of a red lion as a symbol for royalty, nobles, valour, and so on.

Questions about red lion

What does red lion mean?
Red lion means the puma.
What part of speech is red lion?
Red lion can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of red lion?
The plural of red lion is red lions.

Words near red lion in the dictionary

  1. Red Liners
  2. red lines
  3. red link
  4. red links
  5. red linnet
  6. red lion
  7. red lionfish
  8. red lions
  9. red liquor
  10. red liquorice
  11. Red List

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Adapted from Wiktionary: red lion (page history and authors); Red Lion (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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