"femsymp" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: femsymps [plural]
Etymology: From feminist sympathizer; modelled on earlier comsymp. Head templates: {{en-noun}} femsymp (plural femsymps)
  1. (slang, derogatory, rare) A person who sympathizes with the aims and beliefs of feminists. Tags: derogatory, rare, slang Categories (topical): Feminism

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1974, Jane Howard, A Different Woman, page 380",
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          "ref": "1994, Time, volume 143, numbers 1-9, page 120",
          "text": "[…] you few loathsome Lecters and Dahmerites, you libertarians, deer hunters, anchormen, bureaucrats, convicts, bleeding hearts, bikers, femsymps and harassers, Rotarians and punks. Welcome, over-mortgaged yuppie.",
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