tigress

noun

ti·gress | \ ˈtī-grəs

Definition of tigress

: a female tiger also : a tigerish woman

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For the awakening of the nation and the salvation of the women, the Tamil Eelam revolutionary woman has transformed herself into a tigress. — Longreads, "A Chance to Rewrite History: The Women Fighters of the Tamil Tigers," 22 May 2018 An Indian tigress wearing a radio collar wades through a river after being released by wildlife workers in Storekhali forest in the Sundarbans, some 130 kilometers south of Kolkata, in 2010. — Joshua Berlinger, CNN, "Global warming puts nearly half of species in key places at risk: report," 13 Mar. 2018 What happened is Machli lost her canine teeth and became this odd predicament of an elderly, wild tigress. — Jason Bittel, National Geographic, "The True Story of Machli, the World's Most Famous Tiger," 12 Dec. 2017 People wanting to see the tigress earned the park approximately $10 million each year, and the wildlife officials were wary of losing their star. — Jason Bittel, National Geographic, "The True Story of Machli, the World's Most Famous Tiger," 12 Dec. 2017 Definitely a tigress; that’s my spirit animal, in a sense. — Diana Tsui And Sarah Spellings, The Cut, "The Perfumer and Novelist Embracing the New York Hustle," 1 Sep. 2017 Word had it that some of those who had arrived an hour earlier had seen a tigress and cubs emerge from the long grass on the far bank of the lake. — Lini S. Kadaba, Philly.com, "On Indian safari, seeking a tiger for the tale," 6 Oct. 2017 Hefner’s bunnies were a major departure from female mythology, where women were often portrayed as animals of prey — tigresses and leopards. — Jeanie Pyun, The Hollywood Reporter, "Camille Paglia on Hugh Hefner's Legacy, Trump's Masculinity and Feminism's Sex Phobia," 2 Oct. 2017 Definitely a tigress — Diana Tsui And Sarah Spellings, The Cut, "The Perfumer and Novelist Embracing the New York Hustle," 1 Sep. 2017

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