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Tomboy vs Femme - What's the difference?

tomboy | femme |

As nouns the difference between tomboy and femme

is that tomboy is a girl who behaves in a typically boyish manner while femme is a woman, a wife, particularly in heraldry.

tomboy

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A girl who behaves in a typically boyish manner.

    • Antonyms

    * girly girl

    Synonyms

    * hoyden * romp * t-bird

    External links

    * (wikipedia "tomboy") ----

    femme

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (archaic, rare) A woman, a wife, particularly in heraldry.
  • * 1885 , Richard Burton, The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night , Night 18:
    • 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."
  • (slang, LGBT) A feminine lesbian, especially one who is attracted to masculine (butch) lesbians.
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