tigress
/ˈtaɪɡrɪs/
noun
- A female tiger.
- We spotted a tigress drinking from the river at dusk.
- The tigress carefully carried her cub to a new den.
- The tigress is fiercely protective of her young.
- A woman who is very fierce, passionate, or aggressive.
- In the courtroom, she was a tigress defending her client.
- He called her a tigress after she stood up to the bullies.
- The coach is a tigress when it comes to protecting her players.