Virago Edit Meaning

1.

A term referring to a woman who is manly in character but not necessarily appearance. A woman who steps out of the domestic role and sometimes oversteps her boundaries as a woman. She never takes shit from a man and always holds her own. She keeps a man from walking all over her and she never, EVER, downplays her importance in order to charm a man.

Hilary Clinton is a real virago

See grace

2.

1. A bitch

2. An assertive woman

These definitions are pretty similar.

I hear Suzy's getting uppity with her man - she can really be a virago during that time of month.