n. Given to undue belligerence or ill manner at the slightest provocation; a shrew, a termagant
n. scolding, domineering, highly opinionated; a fishwife, a nag
n. rough, loud, and aggressive
adj. pertaining to a virago
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. A woman of extraordinary stature, strength, and courage; a woman who has the robust body and masculine mind of a man; a female warrior.
n. Hence, a mannish woman; a bold, turbulent woman; a termagant; a vixen.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. A woman of extraordinary stature, strength, and courage; a woman who has the robust body and masculine mind of a man; a female warrior.
n. Hence A bold, impudent, turbulent woman; a termagant: now the usual meaning.
n. [capitalized] [NL. (A. Newton, 1871).] A genus of Anatinæ: so called because the female has a peculiarity of the windpipe usually found only in male ducks. The species is V. punctata (or castanea) of Australia.
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n. a large strong and aggressive woman
n. a noisy or scolding or domineering woman
Word Usage
"Calvin uses the word virissa; Dathe, after Le Clerc, the word vira; and though neither of them are strictly classical, yet are they far preferable to the term virago in the Vulgate, which Calvin justly rejects, and which means a woman of masculine character."