amazone

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noun

A woman's riding habit.

OriginFrench amazone →
UncommonFirst used 19th c.Scrabble 18
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Meanings

nounamazone (plural amazones)

plural amazones

  1. historicalA woman's riding habit.First known use 19th c.

    Miss Nightingale was attired simply in a genteel amazone […] and had quite a martial air.

    1857, Alexis Soyer, Culinary Campaign

Origin

  1. Frenchamazone
  2. Englishamazone

From French amazone.

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APA

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Chicago

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