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单词 amazone
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amazonen.

Brit. /ˈaməzəʊn/, U.S. /ˈæməˌzoʊn/
Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French amazone.
Etymology: < French amazone (1820), transferred use of French amazone Amazon n. Compare French habit d'amazone kind of woman's dress worn for hunting (1701 or earlier; earlier more literally denoting (a modern idea of) the clothing of the ancient Amazons, used both historically and with reference to classical-inspired fancy dress, in e.g. en habit d'amazone dressed like an Amazon (1639 or earlier)); compare quot. 1751. Compare earlier Amazon dress n. (a) at Amazon n. and adj. Compounds.
Now chiefly historical.
A woman's riding habit. Cf. Amazon dress n. at Amazon n. and adj. Compounds.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > set or suit of clothes > [noun] > for specific people > for women > for riding
riding habit1652
habita1817
amazone1825
1751 London Daily Advertiser & Lit. Gaz. 27 June On Monday and Wednesday the King hunted the wild Boar, when Mesdames de France were dressed in Amazone Habits.]
1825 A. Langerhannss Trad. Sc. Peasantry 71 If thou doest borrow the money, thou wilt buy me an amazone (or riding habit).
1857 A. Soyer Culinary Campaign xiv. 167 Miss Nightingale was attired simply in a genteel amazone..and had quite a martial air.
1909 J. Mairet tr. A. Barine Madame Mother of Regent 1652–1722 vi. 118 A series of prints represent..Madame before the hunt, during the hunt, and ready to mount again for..she rarely left off her semi-masculine amazone.
2010 H. Brevik-Zender in A. Myzelev & J. Potvin Fashion, Interior Design & Contours of Mod. Identity v. 117 For a costumed affair she dons a resplendent amazone in the style of the Renaissance king Louis XIII.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2021; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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