tigress

[ tahy-gris ]

noun

1. a female tiger.
2. a woman resembling a tiger, as in fierceness or courage.

tigress

/ ˈtaɪɡrɪs /

noun

1. a female tiger
2. a fierce, cruel, or wildly passionate woman

Word History and Origins

Origin of tigress¹

1605–15; earlier tigresse < French; tiger, -ess

Example Sentences

But Knight, Larraín, and Jolie are all careful to avoid reducing Callas to an over-the-top ableist stereotype or portraying her as the ruthless prima donna tigress the media painted her as.

From Salon

To maintain a constant supply of babies, tigresses were forced to churn out litter after litter.

From National Geographic

Mr Bhattacharyya's winning image, called The Finest Flower of the Mangroves, shows a young Royal Bengal tigress in its natural mangrove habitat, peering at the photographer.

From BBC

"The young tigress is one of thousands of big cats that fall victim to the commercial illegal trade in Europe every year," the group said.

From Reuters

He did so, returning on the back of a tigress.

From Scientific American