lioness

noun3

1. •
   A female lion (animal).

   • Residents on the south-western outskirts of Berlin are being urged to stay indoors after overnight sightings of a “loose, dangerous animal”, suspected to be an escaped lioness. — 2023
2. •
   (figurative) A female lion (famous person regarded with interest and curiosity).

   • The stories were a tremendous success; she was one of the leading lionesses of London literary society. — 1877
3. •
   (no longer used) A female visitor to a student at Oxford, especially during commemoration week.

   • When "lionesses" visiting Oxford for the gay doings of commemoration week spend a morning at Merton, they should look out for Antony Wood's mural tablet in the chapel, […] — 1871

noun1

1. •
   A player for England women's national football team