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femme

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5 lettersPronunciation /fɛm/Sorted eefmmStarts with FEnds with E0 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. A woman, a wife; (now chiefly Canada, US) a young woman or girl.

Word origin

Borrowed from French femme (“woman”). Doublet of feme, femina, and hembra.

Used in a sentence

  • Theodore J. Flicker and George Kirgo have penned a good script in which Elvis is played off against four femmes […].
  • Near-synonym: lipstick lesbian (sometimes differentiated)
  • Monique whispered something to a butch sitting near her. The butch crossed the room and approached our table. “Hey,” she called to me. I didn't look up. “Hey, femme, you wanna dance with a real butch?”

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