mannish in English

adjective
1
(of a woman) having characteristics that are stereotypically associated with men and can be considered unbecoming in a woman.
She was very mannish , and what we were taught was that those masculine traits were evil - and that her evil was somehow infectious.
synonyms:unfeminineunwomanlymasculineunladylikeAmazonianmalemanlikemanlybutch
adjective

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1. With her cropped hair and and her mannish clothes, she typifies the sort of feminist often feared by men.

2. "a lesbian," especially one considered tough, mannish, or aggressive, 1931, American English, perhaps a shortening of morphadike, a dialectal garbling of hermaphrodite; but Bulldyker "engage in lesbian activities" is attested from 1921

3. "a lesbian," especially one considered tough, mannish, or aggressive, 1931, American English, perhaps a shortening of morphadike, a dialectal garbling of hermaphrodite; but Bulldyker "engage in lesbian activities" is attested from 1921.

4. Muddy Waters (McKinley Morganfield, Issaquena County, Mississippi, April 4, 1913 - Westmont, Illinois, April 30, 1983) was an American blues musician and is generally considered "the father of Chicago Blues."His career spanned over thirty years and he produced what are considered to be some of the finest blues songs ever, such as Hoochie Coochie Man, Mannish Boy and Got My Mojo Working.