amazon
(noun)
noun
1. a large strong and aggressive woman
Similar word(s): virago
Definition categories: person, woman
2. (Greek mythology) one of a nation of women warriors of Scythia (who burned off the right breast in order to use a bow and arrow more effectively)
Definition categories: person
3. a major South American river; arises in the Andes and flows eastward into the South Atlantic; the world's 2nd longest river (4000 miles)
Definition categories: object
4. mainly green tropical American parrots
Definition categories: animal, parrot
Sentences with amazon as a noun:
- Although the evidence for real Amazons is thin, women athletes are often dubbed amazons.