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femme
/fɛm/
noun
A woman, a wife; a young woman or girl.
A lesbian or other queer woman whose appearance, identity etc. is seen as feminine as opposed to butch.
Similar: fem
A person whose gender is feminine-leaning, such as a feminine non-binary person.
adjective
(entertainment) Pertaining to a femme; feminine, female.
Effeminate (of a man).
Characteristic of a feminine lesbian or queer woman.
"Her style was more femme than butch."
Antonymsbutch
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