Amazonn.

/ˈæməzən/

Forms: Also Middle English Amysone, 1600s Amason. Pl. Amazons; also Middle English–1600s Amazones. In 1500s–1600s often accented aˈmāzon.

Etymology: < Latin Amazon, < Greek Ἀμαζών, -όνα; explained by the Greeks < ἀ priv. + μαζ-ός a breast (in connection with the fable that they destroyed the right breast so as not to interfere with the use of the bow), but probably pop. etym. of an unknown foreign word.

1. pl. A race of female warriors alleged by Herodotus, etc. to exist in Scythia.

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the world > people > ethnicities > race > person of mythical races > [noun] > specific race

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a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xv. xii. 731 Þey were yclepyd Amozones, þat is to menynge ‘withoute breeste’.

c1540 Destr. Troy xxvii. 10804 Of Amysones auntrus atlet the qwene.

1653 H. Cogan tr. Diodorus Siculus Hist. 100 The Amazones inhabited..near to the river of Thermodon.

1753 E. Chambers Cycl. Suppl. Suppl. s.v., The existence of the Amazons was called in question by Strabo.

1847 Tennyson Princess ii. 110 Glanc'd at the legendary Amazon As emblematic of a nobler age.

2. Hence, A female warrior. lit. and fig.

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society > armed hostility > warrior > [noun] > female warrior

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1578 T. Nicholas tr. F. Lopez de Gómara Conquest W. India 14 There were Amazons women of warre, in certaine Ilandes.

1595 Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 3 iv. i. 104 Belike she meanes to plaie the Amazon.

1702 London Gaz. mmmdcccxl/2 About 200 Virgins in two Companies richly attired, many of them like Amazons, with Bows and Arrows.

1777 W. Robertson Hist. Amer. (1783) III. 86 An opinion that..Amazons were to be found in this part of the New World.

1866 B. Taylor Continents 394 When Europe rose a stately Amazon.

3. transf. A very strong, tall, or masculine woman.

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the world > people > person > woman > [noun] > man-like woman

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1758 Johnson Idler 20 May 49, I am far from wishing..the Amazon..any diminution of..Fame.

1767 J. Fordyce Serm. Young Women I. iii. 105 To the men an Amazon never fails to be forbidding.

1853 E. K. Kane U.S. Grinnell Exped. (1856) xlvi. 425 Extremes meet in the Esquimaux of Greenland and Amazons of Paris.

†4. The queen in chess. Obs.

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1656 F. Beale tr. G. Greco Royall Game Chesse-play 2 The Queen or Amazon is placed in the fourth house from the corner of the field by the side of her King, and alwayes in her owne colour.

5. fig. in reference to the sexual habits of the Amazons.

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1861 G. H. Kingsley in F. Galton Vac. Tourists & Trav. 1860 137 These hinds are amazons, not vestals.

6. = Amazon-ant n.

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the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Hymenoptera > [noun] > suborder Apocrita, Petiolata, or Heterophaga > group Aculeata (stinging) > ant > unspecified types

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velvet ant1748

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raffle ant1793

Amazon-ant1824

green tree ant1845

brown ant1868

harvesting ant1873

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crazy ant1885

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1880 Hunter in Cassell's Dict. (at cited word), These when hatched become a kind of pariah caste in the habitation of the Amazons.

Compounds

Comb., as Amazon-dress, Amazon-like. Also Amazon-ant n., Amazon-stone n., q.v.

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a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) ii. xi. sig. Xi^v, Her sworde, which (Amazon-like) she euer ware about her.

1599 T. Storer Life & Death Wolsey sig. E, Her handmaides, in Amazon-like attire.

a1649 W. Drummond Wks. (1711) 50/1 A Country Maid Amazone like did ride.

1711 Ld. Shaftesbury Characteristicks (1737) II. 252 Whom you admire..in her amazon-dress, with a free manly air becoming her.

Draft additions 1993

[ < the name of the River Amazon.] (Also with lower-case initial.) Any of numerous S. American parrots of the genus Amazona, often kept as cage-birds. Also Amazon parrot.

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the world > animals > birds > perching birds > order Psittaciformes (parrots, etc.) > [noun] > genus Amazona

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1836 P. L. Selby in W. Jardine Naturalist's Libr.: Ornith. VI. 103 The true Amazons' Parrot has so frequently been confounded and mixed up with other nearly allied species, that a description of it may not be unacceptable to our readers.]

1878 C. E. Dyson Bird-Keeping 231 The common African Grey Parrot..and the Amazon Green Parrot are, perhaps, the most common in this country.

1934 W. S. Berridge All about Birds xxii. 242 The Amazon parrots are favourite cage-birds, the most familiar being the blue-fronted species.

1961 Guardian 4 Apr. 14/2, 10-year-old Polly Jolly, a green amazon, one of the birds stolen from a farm.

1985 Perrins & Middleton Encycl. Birds 227 In southeastern Brazil, for example, forest cover has been so reduced by felling that species such as the Glaucous macaw and the Red-tailed amazon are now seriously threatened.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1884; most recently modified version published online June 2011).

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释义	Amazonn. /ˈæməzən/ Forms: Also Middle English Amysone, 1600s Amason. Pl. Amazons; also Middle English–1600s Amazones. In 1500s–1600s often accented aˈmāzon. Etymology: < Latin Amazon, < Greek Ἀμαζών, -όνα; explained by the Greeks < ἀ priv. + μαζ-ός a breast (in connection with the fable that they destroyed the right breast so as not to interfere with the use of the bow), but probably pop. etym. of an unknown foreign word. 1. pl. A race of female warriors alleged by Herodotus, etc. to exist in Scythia. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > warrior > [noun] > female warrior > race of feminiea1393 Amazona1398 the world > people > ethnicities > race > person of mythical races > [noun] > specific race Amazona1398 Turlupin1653 a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xv. xii. 731 Þey were yclepyd Amozones, þat is to menynge ‘withoute breeste’. c1540 Destr. Troy xxvii. 10804 Of Amysones auntrus atlet the qwene. 1653 H. Cogan tr. Diodorus Siculus Hist. 100 The Amazones inhabited..near to the river of Thermodon. 1753 E. Chambers Cycl. Suppl. Suppl. s.v., The existence of the Amazons was called in question by Strabo. 1847 Tennyson Princess ii. 110 Glanc'd at the legendary Amazon As emblematic of a nobler age. 2. Hence, A female warrior. lit. and fig. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > warrior > [noun] > female warrior viragoa1387 Zamazima1400 warriorc1400 viragin1558 Amazon1578 barratress1582 warrioress1594 Amazonian1595 Amazonite1601 viragon1641 bellatrice1656 shield-maiden1849 shieldmay1849 shield-maid1851 fighteress1864 1578 T. Nicholas tr. F. Lopez de Gómara Conquest W. India 14 There were Amazons women of warre, in certaine Ilandes. 1595 Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 3 iv. i. 104 Belike she meanes to plaie the Amazon. 1702 London Gaz. mmmdcccxl/2 About 200 Virgins in two Companies richly attired, many of them like Amazons, with Bows and Arrows. 1777 W. Robertson Hist. Amer. (1783) III. 86 An opinion that..Amazons were to be found in this part of the New World. 1866 B. Taylor Continents 394 When Europe rose a stately Amazon. 3. transf. A very strong, tall, or masculine woman. ΘΚΠ the world > people > person > woman > [noun] > man-like woman viragoa1387 master womana1535 viragin1558 hermaphrodite1594 masculine-feminine1620 viragon1641 Amazon1758 she-man1848 gynander1888 masculinist1928 masculist1930 1758 Johnson Idler 20 May 49, I am far from wishing..the Amazon..any diminution of..Fame. 1767 J. Fordyce Serm. Young Women I. iii. 105 To the men an Amazon never fails to be forbidding. 1853 E. K. Kane U.S. Grinnell Exped. (1856) xlvi. 425 Extremes meet in the Esquimaux of Greenland and Amazons of Paris. †4. The queen in chess. Obs. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > board game > chess > [noun] > pieces > queen fersc1369 ladyc1450 queenc1450 dame1574 Amazon1656 1656 F. Beale tr. G. Greco Royall Game Chesse-play 2 The Queen or Amazon is placed in the fourth house from the corner of the field by the side of her King, and alwayes in her owne colour. 5. fig. in reference to the sexual habits of the Amazons. ΚΠ 1861 G. H. Kingsley in F. Galton Vac. Tourists & Trav. 1860 137 These hinds are amazons, not vestals. 6. = Amazon-ant n. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Hymenoptera > [noun] > suborder Apocrita, Petiolata, or Heterophaga > group Aculeata (stinging) > ant > unspecified types musk-ant1671 velvet ant1748 soldier1781 raffle ant1793 Amazon-ant1824 green tree ant1845 brown ant1868 harvesting ant1873 Amazon1880 crazy ant1885 crazy ant1905 1880 Hunter in Cassell's Dict. (at cited word), These when hatched become a kind of pariah caste in the habitation of the Amazons. Compounds Comb., as Amazon-dress, Amazon-like. Also Amazon-ant n., Amazon-stone n., q.v. ΚΠ a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) ii. xi. sig. Xi^v, Her sworde, which (Amazon-like) she euer ware about her. 1599 T. Storer Life & Death Wolsey sig. E, Her handmaides, in Amazon-like attire. a1649 W. Drummond Wks. (1711) 50/1 A Country Maid Amazone like did ride. 1711 Ld. Shaftesbury Characteristicks (1737) II. 252 Whom you admire..in her amazon-dress, with a free manly air becoming her. Draft additions 1993 [ < the name of the River Amazon.] (Also with lower-case initial.) Any of numerous S. American parrots of the genus Amazona, often kept as cage-birds. Also Amazon parrot. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > perching birds > order Psittaciformes (parrots, etc.) > [noun] > genus Amazona Amazon1878 1836 P. L. Selby in W. Jardine Naturalist's Libr.: Ornith. VI. 103 The true Amazons' Parrot has so frequently been confounded and mixed up with other nearly allied species, that a description of it may not be unacceptable to our readers.] 1878 C. E. Dyson Bird-Keeping 231 The common African Grey Parrot..and the Amazon Green Parrot are, perhaps, the most common in this country. 1934 W. S. Berridge All about Birds xxii. 242 The Amazon parrots are favourite cage-birds, the most familiar being the blue-fronted species. 1961 Guardian 4 Apr. 14/2, 10-year-old Polly Jolly, a green amazon, one of the birds stolen from a farm. 1985 Perrins & Middleton Encycl. Birds 227 In southeastern Brazil, for example, forest cover has been so reduced by felling that species such as the Glaucous macaw and the Red-tailed amazon are now seriously threatened. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1884; most recently modified version published online June 2011). < n.a1398
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