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amazone

amazone noun: a woman's riding habit.

Noun

amazone (plural amazones)

  1. (historical) A woman's riding habit.
    • Miss Nightingale was attired simply in a genteel amazone […] and had quite a martial air.1857, Alexis Soyer, Culinary Campaign

Forms of amazone

pluralamazones

Origin of amazone

From French amazone.

Questions about amazone

What does amazone mean?
Amazone means a woman's riding habit.
What part of speech is amazone?
Amazone is a noun.
What is the plural of amazone?
The plural of amazone is amazones.

Words near amazone in the dictionary

  1. Amazon River dolphins
  2. Amazon sword
  3. Amazon swords
  4. Amazonal
  5. Amazonas
  6. amazone
  7. Amazoned
  8. Amazonense
  9. Amazonenses
  10. amazoness
  11. Amazonia

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