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Definition of Tigress
1. Noun. A female tiger.
Definition of Tigress
1. n. The female of the tiger.
Definition of Tigress
1. Noun. A female tiger. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Tigress
1. a female tiger [n -ES] - See also: tiger
Medical Definition of Tigress
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Tigress
Literary usage of Tigress
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Thirteen Years Among the Wild Beasts of India: Their Haunts and Habits from by G. P. Sanderson (1907)
"This tigress had been netted in the method already described, ... If the tigress
charged, the spears were to do what they could towards keeping her off, ..."
2. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society by Bombay Natural History Society (1889)
"THE MAN-EATING tigress OP MUNDA'LI. SINCE Mr. Reginald Gilbert read a paper on
Man-Eating Tigers, before the Members of the Society, on 4th September 1889, ..."
3. Sea Power in Its Relations to the War of 1812 by Alfred Thayer Mahan (1905)
"With these, followed by a number of Indians in canoes, he attacked the " tigress "
at her anchors and carried her by boarding. The night being very dark, ..."
4. Camping and Tramping in Malaya: Fifteen Years' Pioneering in the Native by Ambrose B. Rathborne (1898)
"... Monkeys—Malay attacked by tigress—Death of tigress and Cub—Growth of
Coffee—Difficulties of Labour— Government dilatory—Abandonment of Estates. ..."
5. Tent Life in Tigerland: With which is Incorporated Sport and Work on the by James Inglis (1892)
"... beat—Incidents of the hunt—Fireworks—The tiger charges—The elephant bolts—The
tigress will not break-—We kill a half-grown cub—Try again for the tigress ..."
6. The History of India from the Earliest Ages by James Talboys Wheeler (1869)
"... the ferocity of the tigress. Vital importance of the question of succession
in polygamous households. Involves the question of which wife shall rule the ..."
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