butch
adjective · noun · verbA2Định nghĩa theo từ loại
Tính từ
adjective- 1.
(originally Polari) Very masculine, with a masculine appearance or attitude.
[…] Closeted men adopted feminine affect while butch men embraced traditional masculinity.
[…] butch men who had sex with effeminate queens. […]
Đồng nghĩa: manly, mannish, masc, masculine, unfeminine
- 2.
Of a woman (usually lesbian), having a masculine appearance, or attitude.
Danh từ
noun- 1.
(countable, slang)(slang, LGBTQ, countable) A lesbian who appears masculine or acts in a masculine manner.
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.
Đồng nghĩa: bull dyke, dyke
Động từ
verb- 1.
(intransitive, nonstandard)To work as a butcher.
- 2.
(nonstandard, transitive)To slaughter (animals) and prepare (meat) for market.
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Nguồn gốc từ
Originally, it was probably used as an abbreviation of butcher. Later, in the 1940s, the sense of “masculine lesbian” developed.