Enter a word or phrase in any language 👆
Language:
Translation and analysis of words by artificial intelligence
On this page you can get a detailed analysis of a word or phrase, produced by the best artificial intelligence technology to date:
- how the word is used
- frequency of use
- it is used more often in oral or written speech
- word translation options
- usage examples (several phrases with translation)
- etymology
What (who) is A Captive Lion - definition
A Captive Lion
BOOK BY ELAINE FEINSTEIN
A Captive Lion is a 1987 biography of Marina Tsvetayeva by Elaine Feinstein. It includes selected poems, Simon Karlinsky's two volume study of the author and Janet Marin King's translations of her prose.
Lioncel
![Enamel from the tomb of [[Geoffrey Plantagenet, Count of Anjou]] (c. 1160).](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Geoffrey of Anjou Monument.jpg?width=200 "Enamel from the tomb of [[Geoffrey Plantagenet, Count of Anjou]] (c. 1160).")
![A [[Lion of Saint Mark]], from the [[Echternach Gospels]] (late 7th century).](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Meister des Evangeliars von Echternach 001.jpg?width=200 "A [[Lion of Saint Mark]], from the [[Echternach Gospels]] (late 7th century).")
![The shield of [[Conrad of Thuringia]] (c. 1230s), a rare example of a preserved 13th-century knightly shield, displaying the Ludovingian ''lion barry''.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Schild konradvonthüringen marburg.JPG?width=200 "The shield of [[Conrad of Thuringia]] (c. 1230s), a rare example of a preserved 13th-century knightly shield, displaying the Ludovingian ''lion barry''.")
![Diez]])](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Wernigeroder Wappenbuch 034.jpg?width=200 "Diez]])")
ELEMENT IN HERALDRY
Lion Rampant; Lions in heraldry; Lion rampant; Lion passant; Rampant lion; Rampant Lion; Lions passant; Lions striding; Lion passant gardant; Heraldic lion; Lioncel; Saint Rampant
·noun A small lion, especially one of several borne in the same coat of arms.
Lion (heraldry)
ELEMENT IN HERALDRY
Lion Rampant; Lions in heraldry; Lion rampant; Lion passant; Rampant lion; Rampant Lion; Lions passant; Lions striding; Lion passant gardant; Heraldic lion; Lioncel; Saint Rampant
The lion is a common charge in heraldry. It traditionally symbolises courage, nobility, royalty, strength, stateliness and valour, because historically the lion has been regarded as the "king of beasts".
