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A'mazon. n.s. [α and μάζος.] The Amazons were a race of women famous for valour, who inhabited Caucasus; they are so called from their cutting off their breasts, to use their weapons better. A warlike woman; a virago.

Stay, stay thy hands, thou art an amazon,
And fightest with the sword. Shakesp. Henry VI.

Sources: Shakespeare's Henry VI, Part 1 (48)

Attributes: Greek (126) · Noun Substantive (1269)

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