butch

See also: Butch

English

Originally it was probably used as an abbreviation of butcher. Later, in the 1940s, the sense "masculine lesbian" was developed.

butch (comparative butcher or more butch, superlative butchest or most butch)

(slang, originally Polari) Very masculine, with a masculine appearance or attitude.
- 1967, Kenneth Williams as Sandy, Round the Horne, written by Barry Took and Marty Feldmen:
  There, look, Mr. Horne! Vada that great butch lucoddy!
- 1998, Kath Weston, Render Me, Gender Me: Lesbians Talk Sex, Class, Color, Nation, Studmuffins
  Then I started going out with different kinds of women, and I started feeling more like I wanted to be more butch. […] I feel much more butch than I feel femme.

of a man

butch (plural butches)

(slang, LGBT, countable) A lesbian who appears masculine or acts in a masculine manner.

masculine lesbian

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