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Webster 1913 Edition

Virago

Vi-ra′go

(?; 277)
,
Noun.
;
pl.
Viragoes
(#)
.
[L.
virago
,
-intis
, from
vir
a man. See
Virile
.]
1.
A woman of extraordinary stature, strength, and courage; a woman who has the robust body and masculine mind of a man; a female warrior.
To arms! to arms! the fierce
virago
cries.
Pope.
2.
Hence, a mannish woman; a bold, turbulent woman; a termagant; a vixen.
Virago
. . . serpent under femininity.
Chaucer.

Webster 1828 Edition

Virago

VIRA'GO

,
Noun.
[L. from vir, a man.]
1.
A woman of the extraordinary stature, strength and courage; a female who has the robust body and masculine mind of a man; a female warrior.
To arms! to arms! the fierce virago cries.
2.
In common language, a bold, impudent, turbulent woman; a termagant.

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