1 a member of a mythical race of female warriors in Scythia and elsewhere.
2 (amazon) a very tall, strong, or athletic woman.
Derivatives:
Amazonian adj.
Etymology: ME f. L f. Gk: expl. by the Greeks as 'breastless' (as if A-(1) + mazos breast), but prob. of foreign orig.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.