noun.
A woman regarded as noisy, scolding, or domineering.
noun.
A large, strong, courageous woman.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
noun.
A woman of extraordinary stature, strength, and courage; a woman who has the robust body and masculine mind of a man; a female warrior.
noun.
Hence A bold, impudent, turbulent woman; a termagant: now the usual meaning.
noun.
[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.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
noun.
A woman of extraordinary stature, strength, and courage; a woman who has the robust body and masculine mind of a man; a female warrior.
noun.
Hence, a mannish woman; a bold, turbulent woman; a termagant; a vixen.
noun.
Given to undue belligerence or ill manner at the slightest provocation; a shrew, a termagant
noun.scolding, domineering, highly opinionated; a fishwife, a nag
noun.rough, loud, and aggressive
adjective.
pertaining to a virago
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noun.
a large strong and aggressive woman
noun.
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."