1. a female tiger
2. a fierce or aggressive woman
Usage: figurative

Examples

• The tigress protected her cubs from danger.
• We watched the tigress hunt in the tall grass.
• The mother tigress carried her young to safety.
• She was known as a tigress in the courtroom.
• The tigress paced restlessly in her enclosure.
• He called her a tigress when she defended her position.
• The tigress stalked silently through the jungle.