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/tuy"gris/, n.1. a female tiger.2. a woman resembling a tiger, as in fierceness or courage.[1605-15; earlier tigresse < F; see TIGER, -ESS]
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Tigress — Ti gress, n. [From {Tiger}: cf. F. tigresse.] (Zo[ o]l.) The female of the tiger. Holland. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
tigress — (n.) 1610s, from TIGER (Cf. tiger) + ESS (Cf. ess) … Etymology dictionary
tigress — ► NOUN ▪ a female tiger … English terms dictionary
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tigress — UK [ˈtaɪɡrəs] / US noun [countable] Word forms tigress : singular tigress plural tigresses a female tiger … English dictionary
tigress — [[t]ta͟ɪgrɪs[/t]] tigresses N COUNT A tigress is a female tiger … English dictionary
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