dragon ladyn.

Brit.

/ˈdraɡ(ə)n ˌleɪdi/, U.S.

/ˈdræɡ(ə)n ˌleɪdi/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: dragon n.¹, lady n.

Etymology: < dragon n.¹ + 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).

Originally U.S. (colloquial and usually derogatory).

A domineering, powerful, or belligerent woman; (occasionally) spec. one of South-East Asian origin.

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society > authority > rule or government > oppression > [noun] > domineering or overbearing > domineering person > woman

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maîtresse femme1853

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dragon lady1949

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1936 M. Caniff in Chicago Tribune 6 Sept. (Comics section) Mongolian Princess, My Eye! That woman is the Dragon Lady!

1940 N.Y. Times 12 Oct. 14/3 Second race..maiden 2-year-old fillies; six furlongs... 9. Dragon lady.]

1949 G. 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.

1949 O. 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.

1970 Women Speaking Apr. 5/1 For a woman he considers especially unobliging, man has terms like..harpy, witch, dragonlady, [etc.].

1992 K. S. Robinson Red Mars (1993) 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.

2001 Scotl. on Sunday (Electronic ed.) 27 May Helen the Dragon Lady has dragooned a squad of ill-matched apparatchiks to implement her orders.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	dragon lady
释义	dragon ladyn. Brit. /ˈdraɡ(ə)n ˌleɪdi/, U.S. /ˈdræɡ(ə)n ˌleɪdi/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: dragon n.¹, lady n. Etymology: < dragon n.¹ + 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). Originally U.S. (colloquial and usually derogatory). A domineering, powerful, or belligerent woman; (occasionally) spec. one of South-East Asian origin. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > oppression > [noun] > domineering or overbearing > domineering person > woman termagant1578 maîtresse femme1853 battle-axe1896 dragon lady1949 her indoors1979 1936 M. Caniff in Chicago Tribune 6 Sept. (Comics section) Mongolian Princess, My Eye! That woman is the Dragon Lady! 1940 N.Y. Times 12 Oct. 14/3 Second race..maiden 2-year-old fillies; six furlongs... 9. Dragon lady.] 1949 G. 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. 1949 O. 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. 1970 Women Speaking Apr. 5/1 For a woman he considers especially unobliging, man has terms like..harpy, witch, dragonlady, [etc.]. 1992 K. S. Robinson Red Mars (1993) 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. 2001 Scotl. on Sunday (Electronic ed.) 27 May Helen the Dragon Lady has dragooned a squad of ill-matched apparatchiks to implement her orders. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1949
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