lion
[noun]
Synonyms: notable, big boy, biggie, big-timer, chief, eminence, high-muck-a-muck, leader, luminary, VIP

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I. Lion noun
(used as a title for a member of the Lions Club):
Contact Lion Jim Cole for details of the forthcoming Lions Club Summer Gala.

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II. ˌLion, the ˌWitch and the ˈWardrobe, The
(1950) a children's book by C. S. Lewis, in which four children enter the imaginary land of Narnia by walking through a wardrobe, and have many adventures there. It is the first of the series of books called The Chronicles of Narnia.

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li‧on /ˈlaɪən/ noun [countable]
[Date: 1200-1300; Language: Old French; Origin: Latin leo, from Greek leon]

1.
a large animal of the cat family that lives in Africa and parts of southern Asia. Lions have gold-coloured fur and the male has a mane (=long hair around its neck) ⇒ lioness

2. the lion’s share (of something) the largest part of something:
The firm has captured the lion’s share of the UK market.

3. the lion’s den if you go into the lion’s den, you go among people who are your enemies

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lion
noun
QUANT. pride
LION + VERB growl, purr, roar | attack sb, maul sb | catch sth, hunt sth (down) | kill sb/sth | prowl
LION + NOUN cub | tamer
PHRASES a lion's mane

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