Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Strong-minded \Strong"-mind`ed\, a. Having a vigorous mind; esp., having or affecting masculine qualities of mind; -- said of women. -- Strong"-mind`ed*ness, n.
Wiktionary
a. 1 Having a vigorous, independent will and views. 2 (context archaic English) (of a woman) mannish, lacking softness and femininity
WordNet
adj. having a determined will [syn: strong-willed]
marked by vigorous independence of thought and judgment
Usage examples of "strong-minded".
Lady Cookham is about as good a specimen of the thoroughly practical, strong-minded English sportswoman as one could meet anywhere.
Strong-minded people from various towns in Massachusetts came and settled in Dogtown, invested their money, were to do an equal share of work, and receive an equal share of profits, and live together as happily as lambs.
I suppose that if one was strong-minded and resolute one would behave like Gallio, who drove the disputants from his judgment-seat.
Aveline was distressingly strong-minded at times, and even though he would like to go on enjoying her, if she became troublesome about Anne he could always speak to Jassy and have her dismissed.
Her Ladyship and her sisters lived at Brighton with their mamma, the Countess Southdown, that strong-minded woman so favourably known in the serious world.
Not that the complex blood links worried any of that strong-minded, self-willed cluster of children, who liked each other as well as loved each other, and all basked in a warm relationship with Rutilia and her second Aurelius Cotta husband, who also happened to adore each other.
Emily, who had hitherto been regarded in the house as a rather strong-minded young woman, could only break down and weep.
I was afraid he would betray himself, but he was strong-minded enough to restrain his emotion, and only replied that we must needs submit, and that we should see each other again in a couple of months.
That she, the strong-minded Amazon, the lion-hearted wielder of the sword of justice, the indomitable scorner of men should thus have been cozened, baffled, bamboozled like any groundling or village dolt was inconceivable.
Dressed in hunting gear (although Jamas was not certain that barguas made appropriate prey for women), the three girls were certainly attractive: two brunettes and one stunning redhead whom Jamas immediately took to be as strong-minded and willful as that flamboyant coloration.
She is strong-minded and courageous enough to tell off an almost perfect stranger when she thinks he's wrong.