/ ˈæməzən; NAmE ; NAmE also -zɑːn/ noun
1.
(in ancient Greek stories) a woman from a group of female warriors (= soldiers)
2.
amazon ( literary ) a tall strong woman
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WORD ORIGIN
late Middle English : via Latin from Greek Amazōn , explained by the Greeks as breastless (as if from a- without + mazos breast), referring to the fable that the Amazons cut off the right breast so as not to interfere with the use of a bow, but probably a folk etymology of an unknown foreign word.