Amazon

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Amazon \Am"a*zon\, n. [L., fr. Gr. ?.]
     1. One of a fabulous race of female warriors in Scythia;
        hence, a female warrior.
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     2. A tall, strong, masculine woman; a virago.


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     3. (Zool.) A name numerous species of South American parrots
        of the genus {Chrysotis}
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     {Amazon ant} (Zool.), a species of ant ({Polyergus
        rufescens}), of Europe and America. They seize by conquest
        the larv[ae] and nymphs of other species and make slaves
        of them in their own nests.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  amazon
       n 1: a large strong and aggressive woman [syn: {virago}]
       2: (Greek mythology) one of a nation of women warriors of
          Scythia (who burned off the right breast in order to use a
          bow and arrow more effectively)
       3: a major South American river; flows into the South Atlantic;
          the world's 2nd longest river (4000 miles) [syn: {Amazon
          River}]
       4: mainly green tropical American parrots

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  19 Moby Thesaurus words for "amazon":
     Xanthippe, androgyne, butch, colossus, dyke, fishwife, giant,
     harpy, hoyden, lesbian, ogress, romp, scold, shrew, termagant,
     titan, tomboy, virago, vixen