Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Of or relating to the Amazon River or to Amazonia.
  • adjective Characteristic of or resembling an Amazon.
  • adjective Strong and aggressive. Used of women.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Pertaining to or resembling an Amazon: in the following extract, beardless.
  • Bold; of masculine manners; warlike; quarrelsome: applied to women.
  • Belonging to the river Amazon, in South America, or to the country lying on that river.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Pertaining to or resembling an Amazon; of masculine manners; warlike.
  • adjective Of or pertaining to the river Amazon in South America, or to its valley.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective Of or relating to the Amazons; aggressive and warlike.
  • adjective Having to do with the Amazon River in South America, and its surrounding region.
  • adjective Of or relating to the most recent Martian geological time period.
  • adjective of a woman very tall, strong and athletic.
  • proper noun The Amazonian geological period.
  • noun An Amazon.

Etymologies

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Amazon +‎ -ian.

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