lion tamer

collocation in English

meaningsoflionandtamer

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lion
noun[C]
uk
/ˈlaɪ.ən/us
/ˈlaɪ.ən/
a large wild animal of the cat family with yellowish-brown fur that lives in Africa and ...
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tamer
noun[C]
uk
/ˈteɪ.mər/us
/ˈteɪ.mɚ/
someone who tames something that is wild, especially ...
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(Definition oflionandtamerfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The car driver is in a position similar to that of aliontamer.
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If a man is aliontamer, obviously he cannot do his work without it.
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It reminds me of the story of the lad who had an aspiration to be aliontamer.
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As a teenager, he worked as aliontamerin a circus.
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After a training as a metal worker, he re-joined the circus as an animal trainer andliontamer, in which capacity he travelled the world.
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His fighting act made him the paradigm of aliontamerfor more than a generation.
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Gillem then became aliontamerand wrestled alligators.
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Sandhya did not have a double for these scenes; she prepared by shadowing aliontamerand practicing in the cage with the lions.
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Her father rebelled against becoming a temple priest and instead joined a circus where he worked as a trapeze artist,liontamer, tightrope walker and magician.
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Drogo praises his luck when a storm ruins his chances of showing off as aliontamerthe first night.
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The one episode that featured no musical act still fulfilled the variety criteria by including aliontamer, whose presence also directly contributed to the plot.
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