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dragon lady, n. orig. U.S. (colloq. and usu. derogatory).
Brit. |ˈdrag(ə)n ˌleɪdi|, U.S. |ˈdræg(ə)n ˌleɪdi|
[‹ dragon n.1 and lady n., after Dragon Lady, the name of a villainous female character of south-east Asian appearance in the comic strip ‘Terry and the Pirates’, drawn by the American cartoonist Milton Caniff (1907–88).]
A domineering, powerful, or belligerent woman; (occasionally) spec. one of south-east Asian origin.
[1936M. Caniff in Chicago Tribune 6 Sept. (Comics section), Mongolian Princess, My Eye! That woman is the Dragon Lady!] [1940N.Y. Times 12 Oct. 14/3 Second race..maiden 2-year-old fillies; six furlongs... 9. Dragon lady.] 1949G. Tully F. D. R., my Boss xiv. 346 One of the ‘glamour girls’ of the White House staff was Dorothy Brady, nicknamed ‘the Dragon Lady’ by some of the press room phrase makers. 1949O. Hammerstein & J. Logan South Pacific i. iii. 25 Mary Give you ten dolla'... Not enough?.. Den you damn well keep... Billis Now look here, Dragon Lady. 1970Women Speaking Apr. 5/1 For a woman he considers especially unobliging, man has terms like..harpy, witch, dragonlady, [etc.]. 1993K. S. Robinson Red Mars ii. 72 Rumors were constantly swirling about Hiroko. Maya found it distasteful, disturbing. That the lone Asian woman among them should be the focus of that kind of thing—dragon lady, mysterious Orient. 2001Scotl. on Sunday (Electronic ed.) 27 May Helen the Dragon Lady has dragooned a squad of ill-matched apparatchiks to implement her orders. |