I had to look up virago.
The first definition is correct (A woman regarded as noisy, scolding, or domineering.), but the second meaning is “A large, strong, couragous woman.”
GACK!
The dictionary has changed over the years. They deleted the term amazon and added the term courageous. Virago really refers to a woman that acts like a man: “ a large powerful woman; an amazon...a turbulent, quarrelsome woman; a termagant.” Websters New Collegiate Dictionary, Second Edition 1956 There was, as part of the “Womans Movement,” in the late 60’s and early 70’s a drive to have the term virago removed from the dictionary. Since the term could not be removed the definition was changed.
Hey, one out of three ain't so bad :)