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Meanings of virago in English

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amazona

A large strong and aggressive woman.

amazona

A vicious and scolding woman, especially an older one.

Usage of virago in English
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Every one was still chatting of the episode of the young virago.
Gordon Keith
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Lavinia despite her terror of the beautiful virago never lost her self-control.
Madame Flirt / A Romance of 'The Beggar's Opera'
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But instantly the woman was transformed into a cursing and swearing virago.
The Beautiful Wretch; The Pupil of Aurelius; and The Four Macnic...
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Yet the old virago evidently spoke from a broad background of experience.
Birthright: A Novel
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A moment later she burst like a beautiful virago into the courtyard.
The Trampling of the Lilies
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My virago can't stay long in the same place with her temper.
The Chorus Girl and Other Stories
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I stood upon the defensive between the virago and my sister's chair.
Down the River; Or, Buck Bradford and His Tyrants
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The woman who couldn't get on with you must be a virago.
Septimus
9
I pity him for the prospect he has with such a virago!
Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 3
10
Gregory agreed and talked at enthusiastic length about that stern virago.
Julian
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And so the vile, vixenish virago wished the cat was dead.
Queer Stories for Boys and Girls
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The inanimate and delicate beauty then changed into a stormy virago.
The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Part 2 of 4
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My virago always gives me a dressing over the races, but I go.
The Chorus Girl and Other Stories
14
A daughter of Beaumanoir does not share her lover with a crack-brained virago.
The Path of the King
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She has a very graceful virago-sleeve with handsome knots of ribbon.
Two Centuries of Costume in America, Volume 1 (1620-1820)
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He declared that they originated with that abominable virago, Mrs. Stantiloup.
Dr. Wortle's School
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