glamazon

English

Etymology

Blend of glamorous +‎ amazon.

Pronunciation
  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈɡlaməzən/

Noun

glamazon (plural glamazons)

  1. (colloquial) A tall glamorous woman.
    • 2007 March 11, Maura Egan, “Still Swinging”, in New York Times‎:
      More handsome than most of his pop-star subjects, the Cambridge-educated Whitehead squired plenty of groovy glamazons: Nico, Nathalie Delon, Niki de Saint Phalle and Dido Goldsmith.
    • 2010 November 4, Marina Hyde, The Guardian:
      The warmest of welcomes back to undead glamazon Katie Price, who has emerged from a 37-second self-imposed exile to promote her new book.
    • 2013, Danika Jayde, The Carpe Noctem Chronicles:Of Blood and Magic:
      At that moment a glamazon of a woman stepped forward, "She can feed from me." Her six-foot-two frame was solidly built but in no way was she masculine.
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