Amazons
In classical mythology, a nation of warrior women. The Amazons burned or cut off one of their breasts so that they could use a bow and arrow more efficiently in war.
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How to use Amazons in a sentence
His chronicle of his trip, The Naturalist on the River Amazons, became a bestseller when it was published in 1863.
After that, the Princess of the Amazons spent months bouncing back and forth between various writers and artists.
Wonder Woman Makes a Triumphant Comeback in a New Comic Series | Hugh Ryan | March 13, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTOf the two Republican Amazons—Carly and Meg—Meg is the one with a task more uphill.
Moreover, the inscriptions on hieroglyphic rocks in these abandoned cities evidently refer to Amazons.
Overland | John William De ForestBates, the Naturalist on the Amazons whom Darwin mentions so often, appreciated his scientific ability.
Comrade Kropotkin | Victor Robinson
We do not know that women were usually buried in howe, but Myrine was a warrior maiden of the Amazons.
Homer and His Age | Andrew LangD'Acugna fixes the residence of the Amazons on the banks of the Canuriz, on lofty, almost inaccessible mountains.
Female Warriors, Vol. I (of 2) | Ellen C. ClaytonThus, from the west as well as from the north, Europeans heard of a nation of Amazons dwelling in the central districts of Guiana.
Female Warriors, Vol. I (of 2) | Ellen C. Clayton
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