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Grammar : Noun
Spell : tahy-gris
Phonetic Transcription : ˈtaɪ grɪs

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Définition of tigress

Origin :
  • 1610s, from tiger + -ess.
  • As in shrew : noun mean lady
Example sentences :
  • Alleyne stared open-eyed at this tigress who had sprung so suddenly to his rescue.
  • Extract from : « The White Company » by Arthur Conan Doyle
  • But his wife, in spite of our entreaties, rushed on, leaping like a tigress.
  • Extract from : « A Comedy of Marriage and Other Tales » by Guy De Maupassant
  • "You should say a tigress in a bag," replied, laughingly, the buccaneer.
  • Extract from : « A Romance of the West Indies » by Eugne Sue
  • As soon as this was arranged, the Tigress sailed away again.
  • Extract from : « At Aboukir and Acre » by George Alfred Henty
  • I shall therefore commission the Foudre, and re-name her the Tigress.
  • Extract from : « At Aboukir and Acre » by George Alfred Henty
  • And she started up and paced the room like a tigress in its cage.
  • Extract from : « David Elginbrod » by George MacDonald
  • Not e'en the tigress of the wild,Thus tears her fellow's brood.
  • Extract from : « The Liberty Minstrel » by George W. Clark
  • For all her soft daintiness, there was something of the tigress in Eileen Meredith.
  • Extract from : « The Grell Mystery » by Frank Froest
  • A day or two after this, the "Tigress" came in, bringing the mail.
  • Extract from : « A Jolly Fellowship » by Frank R. Stockton
  • When she saw Maud in Deborah's grip she flew at her sister like a tigress and dragged her off.
  • Extract from : « The Opal Serpent » by Fergus Hume
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