Butch
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Butch is a common nickname, particularly in the 19th and 20th centuries. It also refers to a woman, usually a lesbian, who self-identifies as such or whose appearance and/or mannerisms are more masculine than would be considered "tomboyish."
See also:
- Butch and Femme, for use of the word as a description of gender roles or gender presentation
- Butch Cassidy, American outlaw
- Butch O'Hare, WWII ace pilot and Congressional medal of honor recipient
- Butch Reynolds
- Butch Coolidge, a fictional character in Pulp Fiction, a boxer played by Bruce Willis.
- Butch Miller, a professional wrestler.
- Jonathan 'Butch' Norton was the drummer with the band Eels and now plays with Tracy Chapman
- Ronald "Butch" DeFeo, Jr., a murderer who lived in the Amityville Horror House in the 70's
- Butch & Cassidy (Team Rocket) – Pokémon characters.
- One of the Tamworth Two pigs who escaped from an abattoir and caused a media frenzy in England in 1998
- "Butch" also refers to an extremely short haircut, shorter than a crew cut.
