tiger

tiger
noun /ˈtaɪɡə/
a) Panthera tigris, a large carnivorous animal of the cat family, indigenous to Asia.

The doom of Fate was, Be thou a Dandy! Have thy eye-glasses, opera-glasses, thy Long-Acre cabs with white-breeched tiger, thy yawning impassivities, pococurantisms; fix thyself in Dandyhood, undeliverable; it is thy doom.

b) A servant in livery, who rides with his master or mistress

Jim remarked irrelevantly that tigers were schelms and it was his conviction that there were a great many in the kloofs round about.

Syn: Panthera tigris
See Also: tigress, tigrine, Tigger

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