Citations:amazon

English citations of amazon

1864, Thomas Adolphus Trollope, Lindisfarn Chase: A Novel, page 35
[…] she very accurately figured to herself the charming picture she would make, mounted in a becoming amazon costume upon so showily beautiful a steed.
a. 1896, by Frances Dillon Jerningham, The Jerningham Letters (1780-1843): Being Excerpts from the Correspondence, page 49
Your riding in a masterly way is not what suits my idea of female meekness, but I allow you to be amazon as you have so many claims upon the arts which soften down the Intrepidity of the amazon
1909, Henry Dudeney, Trespass, page 241
This was a complaint which demanded more amazon and strictly feminine qualities.
1973, Jill Johnston, Lesbian Nation: The Feminist Solution, page 258
Lesbian nation is amazon culture
1990, Diane Stein, Casting the Circle: A Women's Book of Ritual, page 77
These are amazon foremothers, with two Mother Goddesses (Demeter and Hina) to watch over them.
1992, Walter L. Williams, The Spirit and the Flesh: Sexual Diversity in American Indian Culture, page 251
She wrote me that "There are amazon women, recognized as such, today in a number of tribes—young, alive, and kicking!"
2002, D. J. MacHale, The Merchant of Death, page 78
If they knew who I was, then why was amazon girl over there ready to beat my brains out?