A man-like, vigorous, and heroic woman; a female warrior; an amazon. Now rare.
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| 释义 | society > armed hostility > warrior > [noun] > female warrior (18) viragoa1387 A man-like, vigorous, and heroic woman; a female warrior; an amazon. Now rare. Zamazima1400 warriorc1400 occasionally applied to a woman. literal and figurative. viragin1558 = virago, n. Amazon1578 Hence, A female warrior. lit. and fig. barratress1582 A female fighter, amazon, virago. warrioress1594 A female warrior. Amazonian1595 Originally: a member of a mythical race of female warriors; = Amazon, n. 1a. Later also: a female warrior or soldier, resembling or reminiscent of a… Amazonite1601 = Amazon, n. 1a. viragon1641 = virago, n. 2a. bellatrice1656 ‘A warrioress, a woman well skill'd in war, a Virago.’ Blount Glossogr. 1656. shield-maiden1849 = shieldmay, n. shieldmay1849 A maiden warrior, an Amazon. (By some English writers used as equivalent to Valkyrie, n.) shield-maid1851 = shieldmay, n. fighteress1864 A female fighter or soldier, an Amazon. Subcategories:— race of (2) — language of (1) |
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