Usually means: Large carnivorous feline with mane.
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We found 51 dictionaries that define the word lion:

General (31 matching dictionaries)
  1. lion: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. lion: Merriam-Webster
  3. Lion, lion, the Lion: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. lion: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. lion, the Lion: Collins English Dictionary
  6. Lion, lion: Vocabulary.com
  7. Lion, lion: Wordnik
  8. lion: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. Lion: InfoVisual Visual Dictionary
  10. Lion, lion: Wiktionary
  11. lion: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  12. lion: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  13. lion: Infoplease Dictionary
  14. LION: Dictionary.com
  15. lion: Online Etymology Dictionary
  16. lion: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  17. LION (Punchline album), LION (cable system), LION (cipher), LION, Lion (Australasian company), Lion (Boy Scouts of America), Lion (Film), Lion (Marius Neset album), Lion (Peter Murphy album), Lion (Stephen Lynch album), Lion (Taiwanese band), Lion (The Hot Monkey album), Lion (album), Lion (automobile), Lion (band), Lion (bar), Lion (coin), Lion (color), Lion (comic), Lion (comics), Lion (company), Lion (disambiguation), Lion (film), Lion (game), Lion (heraldry), Lion (name), Lion (picture book), Lion (video game), Lion (warship), Lion, The Lion (DeMille novel), The Lion (Kessel novel), The Lion (Warship), The Lion (film), The Lion (locomotive), The Lion (mountain), The Lion: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  18. Lion: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  19. lion: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  20. lion: Rhymezone
  21. lion: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  22. lion: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  23. Lion: E Cobham Brewer, The Reader's Handbook
  24. LION: Stammtisch Beau Fleuve Acronyms
  25. Lion, Lion: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  26. lion: FreeDictionary.org
  27. lion: Mnemonic Dictionary
  28. lion: TheFreeDictionary.com
  29. lion: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations

Art (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. An Illustrated Dictionary of Jewelry (No longer online)
  2. A Faulkner Glossary (No longer online)
  3. Glossary of Stamp Collecting Terms (No longer online)
  4. Natural Magick (No longer online)
  5. Lion: Dictionary of Symbolism

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. LION: Investopedia
  2. lion: Financial dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. lion: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  2. lion: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (6 matching dictionaries)
  1. Navajo Code Talkers' Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. Encyclopedia of Graphic Symbols (No longer online)
  3. baby names list (No longer online)
  4. LION: Acronym Finder
  5. AbbreviationZ (No longer online)
  6. lion: Idioms

Religion (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Lion: Smith's Bible Dictionary

Science (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. lion: LITTLE EXPLORERS(TM) Picture Dictionary
  2. Archaeology Wordsmith (No longer online)

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. lion: Green’s Dictionary of Slang

(Note: See lionlike as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  A big cat, Panthera leo, native to Africa, India and formerly much of Europe.
noun:  (in particular) A male lion, as opposed to a lioness.
noun:  (by extension) Any of various extant and extinct big cats, especially the mountain lion.
noun:  A Chinese foo dog.
noun:  A person who shows attributes associated with the lion, such as strength, courage, or ferocity.
noun:  A famous person regarded with interest and curiosity.
noun:  A light brown color that resembles the fur of a lion.
noun:  (historical) An old Scottish coin, with a lion on the obverse, worth 74 shillings.
adjective:  Of the light brown color that resembles the fur of a lion.
noun:  (American football) A player for National Football League's Detroit Lions.
noun:  (Canadian football) A player for Canadian Football League's B.C. Lions.
noun:  (soccer) A player for the England football team.
noun:  (Australian rules football) A player or supporter of the Brisbane Lions.

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