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Definition of Mantiger
1. Noun. A mythical monster having the head of man (with horns) and the body of a lion and the tail of a scorpion.
Generic synonyms: Mythical Creature, Mythical Monster
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mantiger
Literary usage of Mantiger
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Grammar of British Heraldry, Consisting of Blazon and Marshalling ; with by William Sloane Sloane-Evans (1854)
"mantiger. 20.—MERMAN.—[Fig. 10.] 21.—MERMAID.—[Fig. 11.] 22.—MUSIMON. 23.—OPINICUS.
... The fore-part of a lion, and hinder-part of a dragon. 19.—mantiger. ..."
2. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1890)
"... by whose side were seen the glaring cat-a-moun- tain and the man-mimicking
mantiger. . . . That word, replied Martin, is a corruption of the ..."
3. The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq. by Alexander Pope, Joseph Warton (1797)
"... fide were feen the glaring Cat-a-mountain, the quill-darting Porcupine, and
the man-mimicking mantiger. ..."
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