English
butch
see also: Butch
Pronunciation Adjective

butch (comparative butcher, superlative butchest)

  1. (slang, originally Polari) Very masculine, with a masculine appearance or attitude.
    • 1979, Colin MacInnes, Out of the way: later essays:
      Nor can I credit that a — to put it crudely — proud bisexual butch Italian — albeit one lonely, poor, emotional and without strong will — which Giovanni is shown to be in the earlier part of the book, should become, in a mere matter of months, and as the result of any happening, the venal hysterical fairy that he does.
    • 2007, Beth A. Firestein, Becoming Visible: Counseling Bisexuals Across the Lifespan, Columbia University Press (ISBN 9780231137249), page 305:
      The process of appreciating a butch aesthetic may be even more complex for bisexual butch women. In contrast to lesbian butches who may date only within a butch-femme community, bisexual butch women may be more likely to […] In comparison to butch bisexual women, it may be easier for femme bisexual women to locate male and female dating partners […]
    • 2014, Naomi S Tucker, Bisexual Politics: Theories, Queries, and Visions, Routledge (ISBN 9781317712466), page 186:
      More of the rotten responses I receive about being a bisexual butch woman come from other bisexuals, particularly men, who don't want to deal with any woman who is not some Barbie doll standard of femininity.
Synonyms Translations Noun

butch (plural butches)

  1. (slang, LGBT, countable) A lesbian or other queer woman who appears masculine or acts in a masculine manner.
    • 1997, Bi Academic Intervention, Bisexual Imaginary: Representation, Identity, and Desire, A&C Black (ISBN 9780304337453), page 30, quoting Jo Eadie:
      Coming out appeals to the narcissistic pleasure of presenting to another a finished image of ourselves, which they return to us in exactly the same form: [someone tells] you [they are] a bisexual butch, and you confirm it. But instead, it seems all too likely – especially, perhaps, for bisexuals, whose claims to identity always need that much more proof – that no such mirror-image will be returned.
Synonyms Antonyms Translations
Butch
Proper noun
  1. A male nickname


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