virago

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin virāgō (“warlike or heroic woman”, literally “manlike”).

noun

1. A woman given to undue belligerence or ill manner at the slightest provocation.
   Not unnaturally, “Auntie” took this communication in bad part. Thus outraged, she showed herself to be a bold as well as a furious virago. Next day she found her way to their lodgings and tried to recover her ward by the hair of the head. 1918, W. B. Maxwell, chapter 22, in The Mirror and the Lamp, page 361
   Joan was all Arden, grinning there, siding with her virago mother. 1964, Anthony Burgess, chapter III, in Nothing Like the Sun
2. A woman who is scolding, domineering, or highly opinionated.
3. A woman who is rough, loud, and aggressive.