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lionhood

English edit

Etymology edit

lion +‎ -hood

Noun edit

lionhood (uncountable)

  1. The state of being a lion.
    • 1881, Thomas Carlyle, Reminiscences:
      Harriet had started into lionhood since our first visit to London, and was still run much after, by a rather feeble set of persons chiefly

References edit

“lionhood”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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