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femme

/fɛm/
noun
  1. A woman, a wife; a young woman or girl.

  2. A lesbian or other queer woman whose appearance, identity etc. is seen as feminine as opposed to butch.

    Similar: fem

  3. A person whose gender is feminine-leaning, such as a feminine non-binary person.

Synonymsfem
Antonymsbutch
adjective
  1. (entertainment) Pertaining to a femme; feminine, female.

  2. Effeminate (of a man).

  3. Characteristic of a feminine lesbian or queer woman.

    "Her style was more femme than butch."

Antonymsbutch

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