butch

Etymology 1
Originally, it was probably used as an abbreviation of. Later, in the 1940s, the sense “masculine lesbian” developed.

Adjective

 * 1)  Very masculine, with a masculine appearance or attitude.

Translations

 * Czech: chlapácký,, mužný
 * Dutch:, ,
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Polish:
 * Swedish:, ,

Noun

 * 1)  A lesbian who appears masculine or acts in a masculine manner.
 * 2) * 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.
 * 1) * 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.

Translations

 * Catalan: gallimarsot, homenot
 * Czech: lesbická mužatka
 * Danish: betonlebbe
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: miesmäinen lesbo,
 * French:, ,
 * Hebrew: בוצ׳ה
 * Italian:
 * Malay: pengkid
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Nynorsk: traktorlesbe
 * Polish:, chłopobaba, , , kobieton,
 * Portuguese: maria-macho
 * Russian: ,
 * Swedish:, butchflata

Etymology 2
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Verb

 * 1)  To work as a butcher.
 * 2)  To slaughter (animals) and prepare (meat) for market.
 * 1)  To slaughter (animals) and prepare (meat) for market.
 * 1)  To slaughter (animals) and prepare (meat) for market.
 * 1)  To slaughter (animals) and prepare (meat) for market.
 * 1)  To slaughter (animals) and prepare (meat) for market.
 * 1)  To slaughter (animals) and prepare (meat) for market.
 * 1)  To slaughter (animals) and prepare (meat) for market.
 * 1)  To slaughter (animals) and prepare (meat) for market.
 * 1)  To slaughter (animals) and prepare (meat) for market.

Etymology
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Noun

 * 1)   (masculine queer woman)

Etymology
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Adjective

 * 1) butch