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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
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“I can’t compete with the Amazons and Targets,” she said.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 6, 2025
The roots of the Greek presence in the Black Sea are steeped in myth: from the journey of Jason and the Argonauts to Colchis, to the Amazons.
From Science Daily • Apr. 2, 2024
They want these people to sit down with them — the big guns, the Hulus and the Netflixes and the Amazons.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 3, 2023
Mythologies, which premiered last July in France, brings together dancers from the Ballet Preljocaj and the Opéra National de Bordeaux, telling stories from ancient folklore, from Icarus and Zeus to Aphrodite and the Amazons.
From BBC • Apr. 3, 2023
She knew she was in more danger than when she’d been fighting the Amazons, or fending off the gryphons, or climbing the glacier on Arion’s back.
From "The Son of Neptune" by Rick Riordan
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