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femme - What does it mean?

Definition of 'femme'

English

Noun

(en-noun)
  • (archaic|rare) A woman, a wife, particularly in heraldry.
  • * 1885 , Richard Burton, The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night , Night 18:
  • Then I turned to him and said, "O my lord, I have that to propose to thee wherein thou must not cross me; and this it is that, when we reach Baghdad, my native city, I offer thee my life as thy handmaiden in holy matrimony, and thou shalt be to me baron and I will be femme to thee."
  • (slang|LGBT) A feminine lesbian, especially one who is attracted to masculine (butch) lesbians.
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