butch
/bʊtʃ/
noun
- A person, especially a woman or a lesbian, who has a masculine appearance or manner.
- The butch at the bar was friendly and offered to buy me a drink.
- He identified as a butch and felt comfortable in men's clothing.
- In the LGBTQ+ community, butches and femmes often form relationships.
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adjective
- Having a masculine appearance, style, or manner, often used to describe a woman or a lesbian.
- Some people prefer a butch style, while others are more feminine.
- The character in the movie was a butch woman who worked as a mechanic.
- She wore a button-down shirt and short hair, looking quite butch.
- Rough, tough, or deliberately masculine in a way that is not necessarily related to gender identity.
- She adopted a butch look for the costume party, complete with a fake mustache.
- His butch attitude made him seem unfriendly at first.
- The dog had a butch, muscular build that scared the mail carrier.
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