Amazon
/amm z’n/ • noun 1 a member of a legendary race of female warriors. 2 a very tall, strong woman. — ORIGIN Greek Amazon, explained by the Greeks as meaning ‘breastless’ (as if from a- ‘without’ + mazos ‘breast’), with reference to the fable that the Amazons cut off the right breast so as to draw a bow more easily.
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