femme
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- IPA: /fɛm/
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femme (plural femmes)
- (archaic, rare) A woman, a wife.
- 1885: 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." — Sir Richard Burton, The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, Night 18
- (slang) A feminine lesbian, and especially one who is attracted to masculine (or butch) lesbians.
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femme f. (plural femmes)