femme
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Definition of femme
1 : woman sense 1a
2 : a lesbian who is notably or stereotypically feminine in appearance and manner
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Greater than my fear of this perceived failure was the fear of allowing my validity as a trans femme to be questioned in the name of archetypes born of a social system corrupted by centuries of toxic patriarchy. — Trésor Prijs, Teen Vogue, "How My Beard Affects My Gender Identity as a Trans Femme," 1 June 2018 What does that mean for me as someone who doesn't identify as femme, but who is, 9 times out of 10, read as such? — Rachel Charlene Lewis, SELF, "Wearing a Bra Feels at Odds With My Queerness," 31 Mar. 2018 Naomi Campbell clad in Jean Paul Gaultier channeled a femme-fatale spy, Ashley Graham in Alexander McQueen went sultry and seductive, and Emily Ratajkowski paired hers with chainmail. — Edward Barsamian, Vogue, "Naomi Campbell, Ashley Graham, and More of the Best Dressed at the Paris Couture Shows," 6 July 2018 Their catenaries hug the curves in Sheree Hovsepian’s photograms, layered with stretches of arced pantyhose in what might be called femme modernism. — Lori Waxman, chicagotribune.com, "Abstraction, explained," 31 May 2018 Black women and femmes are rarely afforded the luxury of having that message directed toward us, of being centered in that story. — Cameron Glover, Allure, "On Janelle Monáe and the Power of Representation for Queer Black Girls," 21 June 2018 Amouage, Imitation Woman For the last few seasons, the house of Amouage has been focused on light, high-femme florals. — New York Times, "This Summer, Smell Like Fruit Salad," 2 July 2018 For too long, fruity beers have been cloying, or overly fruity, or simply gross—the high-femme counterpoint to a pumpkin stout that no one asked for. — Marian Bull, GQ, "Why You Need Fruity Beers in Your Cooler This Summer," 2 July 2018 The leather daddies, the truck-driving lesbians, the genderqueers, the femmes; black, latino, Polish, Japanese. — David Tamarkin, Bon Appetit, "“I Think We Have a Gay Bar”," 6 June 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'femme.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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