Amazons

1. 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.

Notes

Figuratively, an “Amazon” is a large, strong, aggressive woman.

The Amazon River of South America was so named because tribes of women warriors were believed to live along its banks.

Example Sentences

His chronicle of his trip, The Naturalist on the River Amazons, became a bestseller when it was published in 1863.

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After that, the Princess of the Amazons spent months bouncing back and forth between various writers and artists.

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Of the two Republican Amazons—Carly and Meg—Meg is the one with a task more uphill.

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Moreover, the inscriptions on hieroglyphic rocks in these abandoned cities evidently refer to Amazons.

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Bates, the Naturalist on the Amazons whom Darwin mentions so often, appreciated his scientific ability.

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We do not know that women were usually buried in howe, but Myrine was a warrior maiden of the Amazons.

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D'Acugna fixes the residence of the Amazons on the banks of the Canuriz, on lofty, almost inaccessible mountains.

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Thus, from the west as well as from the north, Europeans heard of a nation of Amazons dwelling in the central districts of Guiana.

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