butch
21
9.9
- noun
- /bʌtʃ/
- Slur
:
marimacho
- Just because you're a butch, it doesn't mean you can open every jar.
- butch lesbian
- butch-femme
- fem and butch
Examples
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Leaning against the back of the elevator is Corky, a very butch-looking woman with short hair and a black leather jacket.
Fiction book (1996) -
But to the younger girls who came in, she acted as some sort of butch den mother.
Fiction book (1997) -
In our world butches like to give pleasure, not to take it.
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Your lesbian butch haircut college professor?
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I'm a fat, butch dyke who works at a Target store in the San Fernando Valley.
Fiction book (1999) -
The butch you jokingly call your sponsor is a slim, bluejeaned butch with a ponytail and a baseball cap.
Fiction book (1999) -
Many butches prefer to wear clothing that is often associated with men.
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At the party, there were several butches who stood out with their masculine styles.
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She identifies as a butch and embraces her unique sense of fashion.
How Offensive
- Slur
2
9.9
- Slur
21
9.9
Surface Forms
Etymology
Butch (lesbian) comes from old nicknames and slang for tough, 'manly' people, possibly linked to the word butcher. One common story says people used 'butch' for someone strong or rough, and the word was later used for women who looked or acted like men.