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De - Pt| English Dictionary: 'Amazon' | by the DICT Development Group |
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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Amazon \Am"a*zon\, n. [L., fr. Gr. [?].] 1. One of a fabulous race of female warriors in Scythia; hence, a female warrior. 2. A tall, strong, masculine woman; a virago. 3. (Zo[94]l.) A name numerous species of South American parrots of the genus {Chrysotis} {Amazon ant} (Zo[94]l.), a species of ant ({Polyergus rufescens}), of Europe and America. They seize by conquest the larv[91] and nymphs of other species and make slaves of them in their own nests. | |
