femme
adjective/fem/
/fem/
(also fem)
(sometimes offensive)- feminine in appearance and behaviour (= having qualities considered typical of a woman) This word is most often used about lesbians, but it is sometimes also used about gay men.
- To be butch or femme challenges traditional gender roles.
- a model of modern femme identity
Oxford Collocations DictionaryFemme is used with these nouns:- lesbian
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