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.