"tomboy" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈtɒm.bɔɪ/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈtɑm.bɔɪ/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-tomboy.wav [Southern-England] Forms: tomboys [plural]
Rhymes: -ɒmbɔɪ Etymology: First attested in Ralph Roister Doister (published 1567, written circa 1552), where it is used to describe a boisterous girl; the OED says the citation is however "generally taken" to mean a boisterous boy, and says that a use in The Old Law (published 1656, thought to have been written circa 1599) "certainly" means a boy: "must young court-tits / play tomboys' tricks with her?" By 1579 it was attested in the meaning "an immodest woman", and by no later than 1592 it had developed its modern meaning of a “girl who acts like a boy”; from tom + boy. Etymology templates: {{,}} ,, {{com|en|tom|boy}} tom + boy Head templates: {{en-noun}} tomboy (plural tomboys)
  1. A girl who behaves in a typically boyish manner. Synonyms: hoyden, ladette, romp Translations (girl who acts as a typical boy would): فَتَاة مُسْتَرْجِلَة (alt: fatā(t) mustarjila) [feminine] (Arabic), গেছো মেয়ে (gecho mee) (Bengali), ধিঙ্গি মেয়ে (dhiṅgi mee) (Bengali), মর্দানি (mordani) (Bengali), yourc'h [masculine] (Breton), мъжкарана (mǎžkarana) [feminine] (Bulgarian), ယောက်ျားလျာ (Burmese), gallimarsot [masculine, pejorative, rare] (Catalan), noia masculina (note: "Noia" can be omitted.) [feminine] (Catalan), 男人婆 (naam⁴ jan⁴ po⁴) (Chinese Cantonese), 假小子 (jiǎxiǎozi) (Chinese Mandarin), 女漢子 (Chinese Mandarin), 女汉子 (nǚhànzǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), drengepige (Danish), tomboy (Dutch), wildebras [feminine] (Dutch), poikatyttö (Finnish), garçon manqué [masculine] (French), garçonne [feminine] (French), burschikos (German), an ihr ist ein Junge verloren gegangen (German), Wildfang (english: bubbly, rambunctious, wild) [masculine] (German), Mannsweib [neuter, pejorative, rare] (German), tomboy (German), αγοροκόριτσο (agorokóritso) [neuter] (Greek), fiús lány (Hungarian), cailín báire [masculine] (Irish), maschiaccio [masculine] (Italian), ragazza masculina (note: "Ragazza" can be omitted.) [feminine] (Italian), お転婆 (otenba) (alt: おてんば) (Japanese), еркекшора (erkekşora) (Kazakh), еркек-шора (erkek-şora) (Kazakh), 말괄량이 (malgwallyang'i) (Korean), puella masculina [feminine] (Latin), حَسَن صَبِيّ (ḥasan ṣabiyy) [masculine] (Levantine Arabic), машкуда́нка (maškudánka) [feminine] (Macedonian), garçonniéthe [feminine] (Norman), guttejente [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), baba-chłop [feminine] (Polish), chłopobaba [feminine] (Polish), chłopczyca [feminine] (Polish), herod-baba [feminine] (Polish), kobieton [masculine] (Polish), babochłop [masculine] (Polish), maria-rapaz [feminine] (Portuguese), menina macha (note: "Menina" can be omitted.) [feminine] (Portuguese), паца́нка (pacánka) [feminine] (Russian), мужичка (mužička) [feminine] (Russian), томбой (tomboj) [feminine] (Russian), marimacha [feminine] (Spanish), marimacho [masculine] (Spanish), machorra [feminine] (Spanish), chicazo [masculine] (Spanish), varonera [Argentina, Uruguay, feminine] (Spanish), chica masculina (note: "Chica" can be omitted.) [feminine] (Spanish), pojkflicka [common-gender] (Swedish), tomboy (Tagalog), erkek Fatma (Turkish), tomboy (Turkish), knechtebrokke [feminine] (West Flemish)
    Sense id: en-tomboy-en-noun-yBCuq4pe Disambiguation of 'girl who acts as a typical boy would': 86 14
  2. (Philippines, colloquial) A lesbian; butch Tags: Philippines, colloquial Categories (topical): Female people, Gender, Stock characters
    Sense id: en-tomboy-en-noun-PK96rMJv Disambiguation of Female people: 26 74 Disambiguation of Gender: 17 83 Disambiguation of Stock characters: 27 73 Categories (other): Philippine English, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 41 59
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: tom boy Related terms: tomgirl

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          "code": "yue",
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          "sense": "girl who acts as a typical boy would",
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          "sense": "girl who acts as a typical boy would",
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          "lang": "Dutch",
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          "sense": "girl who acts as a typical boy would",
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          "_dis1": "86 14",
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          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "girl who acts as a typical boy would",
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          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "girl who acts as a typical boy would",
          "word": "an ihr ist ein Junge verloren gegangen"
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          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "de",
          "english": "bubbly, rambunctious, wild",
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          "sense": "girl who acts as a typical boy would",
          "tags": [
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          "tags": [
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        },
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          "sense": "girl who acts as a typical boy would",
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        },
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          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "agorokóritso",
          "sense": "girl who acts as a typical boy would",
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          "sense": "girl who acts as a typical boy would",
          "word": "fiús lány"
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          "sense": "girl who acts as a typical boy would",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "maschiaccio"
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          "lang": "Italian",
          "note": "\"Ragazza\" can be omitted.",
          "sense": "girl who acts as a typical boy would",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "ragazza masculina"
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          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "alt": "おてんば",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "otenba",
          "sense": "girl who acts as a typical boy would",
          "word": "お転婆"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "erkekşora",
          "sense": "girl who acts as a typical boy would",
          "word": "еркекшора"
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          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "erkek-şora",
          "sense": "girl who acts as a typical boy would",
          "word": "еркек-шора"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "malgwallyang'i",
          "sense": "girl who acts as a typical boy would",
          "word": "말괄량이"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "girl who acts as a typical boy would",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "puella masculina"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "maškudánka",
          "sense": "girl who acts as a typical boy would",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "машкуда́нка"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "nrf",
          "lang": "Norman",
          "sense": "girl who acts as a typical boy would",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "garçonniéthe"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "girl who acts as a typical boy would",
          "tags": [
            "feminine",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "guttejente"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "girl who acts as a typical boy would",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "baba-chłop"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "girl who acts as a typical boy would",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "chłopobaba"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "girl who acts as a typical boy would",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "chłopczyca"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "girl who acts as a typical boy would",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "herod-baba"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "girl who acts as a typical boy would",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "kobieton"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "girl who acts as a typical boy would",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "babochłop"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "girl who acts as a typical boy would",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "maria-rapaz"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "note": "\"Menina\" can be omitted.",
          "sense": "girl who acts as a typical boy would",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "menina macha"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "pacánka",
          "sense": "girl who acts as a typical boy would",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "паца́нка"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "mužička",
          "sense": "girl who acts as a typical boy would",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "мужичка"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "tomboj",
          "sense": "girl who acts as a typical boy would",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "томбой"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "girl who acts as a typical boy would",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "marimacha"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "girl who acts as a typical boy would",
          "tags": [
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          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "girl who acts as a typical boy would",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "machorra"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "girl who acts as a typical boy would",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "chicazo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "girl who acts as a typical boy would",
          "tags": [
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            "Uruguay",
            "feminine"
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          "word": "varonera"
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          "lang": "Spanish",
          "note": "\"Chica\" can be omitted.",
          "sense": "girl who acts as a typical boy would",
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          "sense": "girl who acts as a typical boy would",
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          "word": "pojkflicka"
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          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "girl who acts as a typical boy would",
          "word": "tomboy"
        },
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          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "girl who acts as a typical boy would",
          "word": "erkek Fatma"
        },
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          "lang": "Turkish",
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          "_dis1": "86 14",
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          "lang": "West Flemish",
          "sense": "girl who acts as a typical boy would",
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            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "knechtebrokke"
        }
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            "Biology",
            "Psychology",
            "Sociology",
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            "Fiction",
            "Artistic works",
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            "Culture",
            "Society",
            "All topics",
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      ],
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        "colloquial"
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        "Received-Pronunciation"
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        "General-American"
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}
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      "sense": "girl who acts as a typical boy would",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
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    },
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      "code": "ar",
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      "roman": "ḥasan ṣabiyy",
      "sense": "girl who acts as a typical boy would",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "حَسَن صَبِيّ"
    },
    {
      "code": "bn",
      "lang": "Bengali",
      "roman": "gecho mee",
      "sense": "girl who acts as a typical boy would",
      "word": "গেছো মেয়ে"
    },
    {
      "code": "bn",
      "lang": "Bengali",
      "roman": "dhiṅgi mee",
      "sense": "girl who acts as a typical boy would",
      "word": "ধিঙ্গি মেয়ে"
    },
    {
      "code": "bn",
      "lang": "Bengali",
      "roman": "mordani",
      "sense": "girl who acts as a typical boy would",
      "word": "মর্দানি"
    },
    {
      "code": "br",
      "lang": "Breton",
      "sense": "girl who acts as a typical boy would",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "yourc'h"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "mǎžkarana",
      "sense": "girl who acts as a typical boy would",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "мъжкарана"
    },
    {
      "code": "my",
      "lang": "Burmese",
      "sense": "girl who acts as a typical boy would",
      "word": "ယောက်ျားလျာ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "raw_tags": [
        "of children"
      ],
      "sense": "girl who acts as a typical boy would",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "pejorative",
        "rare"
      ],
      "word": "gallimarsot"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "note": "\"Noia\" can be omitted.",
      "sense": "girl who acts as a typical boy would",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "noia masculina"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "roman": "naam⁴ jan⁴ po⁴",
      "sense": "girl who acts as a typical boy would",
      "word": "男人婆"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "jiǎxiǎozi",
      "sense": "girl who acts as a typical boy would",
      "word": "假小子"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "girl who acts as a typical boy would",
      "word": "女漢子"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "nǚhànzǐ",
      "sense": "girl who acts as a typical boy would",
      "word": "女汉子"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "girl who acts as a typical boy would",
      "word": "drengepige"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "girl who acts as a typical boy would",
      "word": "tomboy"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "girl who acts as a typical boy would",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "wildebras"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "girl who acts as a typical boy would",
      "word": "poikatyttö"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "girl who acts as a typical boy would",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "garçon manqué"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "girl who acts as a typical boy would",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "garçonne"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "girl who acts as a typical boy would",
      "word": "burschikos"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "note": "jungenhaft (both adjectives; if necessary, nominalize or construe with Mädchen)",
      "sense": "girl who acts as a typical boy would"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "girl who acts as a typical boy would",
      "word": "an ihr ist ein Junge verloren gegangen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "english": "bubbly, rambunctious, wild",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "girl who acts as a typical boy would",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Wildfang"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "raw_tags": [
        "of children"
      ],
      "sense": "girl who acts as a typical boy would",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "pejorative",
        "rare"
      ],
      "word": "Mannsweib"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "girl who acts as a typical boy would",
      "word": "tomboy"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "agorokóritso",
      "sense": "girl who acts as a typical boy would",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "αγοροκόριτσο"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "girl who acts as a typical boy would",
      "word": "fiús lány"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "girl who acts as a typical boy would",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cailín báire"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "girl who acts as a typical boy would",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "maschiaccio"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "note": "\"Ragazza\" can be omitted.",
      "sense": "girl who acts as a typical boy would",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ragazza masculina"
    },
    {
      "alt": "おてんば",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "otenba",
      "sense": "girl who acts as a typical boy would",
      "word": "お転婆"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "erkekşora",
      "sense": "girl who acts as a typical boy would",
      "word": "еркекшора"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "erkek-şora",
      "sense": "girl who acts as a typical boy would",
      "word": "еркек-шора"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "malgwallyang'i",
      "sense": "girl who acts as a typical boy would",
      "word": "말괄량이"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "girl who acts as a typical boy would",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "puella masculina"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "maškudánka",
      "sense": "girl who acts as a typical boy would",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "машкуда́нка"
    },
    {
      "code": "nrf",
      "lang": "Norman",
      "sense": "girl who acts as a typical boy would",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "garçonniéthe"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "girl who acts as a typical boy would",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "guttejente"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "girl who acts as a typical boy would",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "baba-chłop"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "girl who acts as a typical boy would",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "chłopobaba"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "girl who acts as a typical boy would",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "chłopczyca"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "girl who acts as a typical boy would",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "herod-baba"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "girl who acts as a typical boy would",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kobieton"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "girl who acts as a typical boy would",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "babochłop"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "girl who acts as a typical boy would",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "maria-rapaz"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "note": "\"Menina\" can be omitted.",
      "sense": "girl who acts as a typical boy would",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "menina macha"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "pacánka",
      "sense": "girl who acts as a typical boy would",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "паца́нка"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "mužička",
      "sense": "girl who acts as a typical boy would",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "мужичка"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "tomboj",
      "sense": "girl who acts as a typical boy would",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "томбой"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "girl who acts as a typical boy would",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "marimacha"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "girl who acts as a typical boy would",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "marimacho"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "girl who acts as a typical boy would",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "machorra"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "girl who acts as a typical boy would",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "chicazo"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "girl who acts as a typical boy would",
      "tags": [
        "Argentina",
        "Uruguay",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "varonera"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "note": "\"Chica\" can be omitted.",
      "sense": "girl who acts as a typical boy would",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "chica masculina"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "girl who acts as a typical boy would",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "pojkflicka"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "girl who acts as a typical boy would",
      "word": "tomboy"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "girl who acts as a typical boy would",
      "word": "erkek Fatma"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "girl who acts as a typical boy would",
      "word": "tomboy"
    },
    {
      "code": "vls",
      "lang": "West Flemish",
      "sense": "girl who acts as a typical boy would",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "knechtebrokke"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Ralph Roister Doister",
    "The Old Law"
  ],
  "word": "tomboy"
}

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