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Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This
femme       [fem] Pronunciation Key
–noun Slang.
a lesbian who is notably feminine in appearance.
Also, fem.


[Origin: < F: woman; see feme]
American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
femme       (fěm)  Pronunciation Key 
adj.   Slang Exhibiting stereotypical or exaggerated feminine traits. Used especially of lesbians and gay men.

n.  
  1. Slang One who is femme.
  2. Informal A woman or girl.


[French, from Old French, from Latin fēmina; see feminine.]

Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
femme 
from Fr., lit. "woman." Slang meaning "passive and more feminine partner in a lesbian couple" is first attested 1961; femme fatale "attractive and dangerous woman" attested from 1912.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Femme

Femme\ (? or ?), n. [F.] A woman. See Feme, n.

Femme de chambre. [F.] A lady's maid; a chambermaid.

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