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ti·gress

 (tī′grĭs)
n.
1. A female tiger.
2. A woman regarded as daring or fierce.
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tigress

(ˈtaɪɡrɪs)
n
1. (Animals) a female tiger
2. a fierce, cruel, or wildly passionate woman
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ti•gress

(ˈtaɪ grɪs)

n.
1. a female tiger.
2. a woman likened to a tiger, as in fierceness or courage.
[1605–15; < French tigresse; see tiger, -ess]
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.tigress - a female tigertigress - a female tiger      
Panthera tigris, tiger - large feline of forests in most of Asia having a tawny coat with black stripes; endangered
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Translations
naarastiikeri
tigrica
tygrysica
tigrica

tigress

[ˈtaɪgrɪs] N → tigresa f
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

tigress

[ˈtaɪgrəs] n → tigresse f
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

tigress

n → Tigerin f
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

tigress

[ˈtaɪgrɪs] n → tigre f (femmina)
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
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