Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Exhibiting stereotypically masculine appearance or behavior. Used especially of lesbians and gay men.
- noun Slang One who is butch.
- noun A haircut in which the hair is cropped close to the head.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To butcher; cut, as flesh.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun a lesbian who is noticeably masculine.
- adjective markedly masculine in appearance or manner; -- used of men.
- adjective pejorative same as
lesbian .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective slang Very
masculine , with a masculineappearance orattitude . - noun informal A
lesbian who appearsmasculine oracts in a masculinemanner .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun (slang) offensive term for a lesbian who is noticeably masculine
- adjective used of men; markedly masculine in appearance or manner
- adjective (of male or female homosexuals) characterized by stereotypically male traits or appearance
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Cuz between that and your crazy trade skills and your curves you keep me in butch heaven. sixtoedkitties, on March 22nd, 2009 at 9: 41 am Said:
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(I'd apologize to those of you who want to view the world in butch/femme terms for once again pointing out that reality is complicated, but I know you haven't read this far, anyhow.)
BROAD CAST AND UPDATES, 29 OCTOBER 2007 Maggie Jochild 2007
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The next time that I ran up with the word butch, someone I was dating told me I should read
Feministing 2009
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November 26th, 2007 at 11: 59 am chodin says: and yes – "butch" is a color, it’s right between "dick" and "vagina" in the crayon box.
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I think if I were a lesbian everyone would laugh if I were called a butch, too.
Beth's 'Normal' Day: Hello Kitty, Farmers' Market, Gifts and a 50's Diner Elizabeth McClung 2008
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Minge was on fine drunken form last night, sipping his mint julep in what can only be described as a butch and heterosexual manner.
Archive 2008-09-01 2008
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Minge was on fine drunken form last night, sipping his mint julep in what can only be described as a butch and heterosexual manner.
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I was kind of shocked by the commenters calling her butch or bitch or whatever.
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Minge was on fine drunken form last night, sipping his mint julep in what can only be described as a butch and heterosexual manner.
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I dress in a way I'd call butch when I'm wearing clothes I feel good in, I fuck in a masculine way, I go by Sir in the leather community and wonder where the matron is when someone says Ma'am … but I wonder how much of that is sexual persona and how much is my essence.
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The word butch has shifted a bit too–often you’ll hear mascor masculine of center as an umbrella term for those on the masculine spectrum, more than you’ll hear butch or genderqueer.
Who Gets to be Femme? Zoe Whittall 2021
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