Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Virago

Virago (?; 277) , noun

[Latin virago, -intis, from vir a man. See Virile.]

1.
A woman of extraordinary stature, strength, and courage; a woman who has the robust body and masculine mind of a man; a female warrior.
To arms! to arms! the fierce virago cries. — Pope
2.
Hence, a mannish woman; a bold, turbulent woman; a termagant; a vixen.
Virago... serpent under femininity. — Chaucer