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Lion
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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.

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.


lion
lion /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